# Compatibility

> The degree to which a component interoperates with other versions or systems without modification.

Record: `lexicon:compatibility`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-compatibility

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Schema](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/schema.md) and before [Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cost.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Service Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/service-contract.md)
- [Schema Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/schema-contract.md)
- [Robustness Principle](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/robustness-principle.md)

## Required by

- [Interoperability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/interoperability.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md)