# Bounded Context Autonomy

> The degree to which enforcing one canonical model limits each bounded context's freedom to model its own domain.

Record: `lexicon:bounded-context-autonomy`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-bounded-context-autonomy

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Rapid Scripting](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/rapid-scripting.md) and before [Multiple Competing Models](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/multiple-competing-models.md).

## Category

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)

## In tension with

- [Canonical Model](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/canonical-model.md)
- [Canonical Model / Bounded Context Autonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/bounded-context-autonomy-canonical-model.md)

## Linked from

- [Architectural rules and principles](https://banes-lab.com/software-architecture/glossary/architectural-principles.md)
- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)