# Clear Semantics

> The requirement that an interface's names convey what each operation does and expects.

Record: `lexicon:clear-semantics`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-clear-semantics

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Ambiguous API](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ambiguous-api.md) and before [Concise Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/concise-naming.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Intent-Revealing Interface](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/intent-revealing-interface.md)

## Linked from

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