# Component Boundaries

> The requirement that each component expose a well-defined boundary and interface.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Boundaries](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/boundaries.md) and before [Dependency Rule](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dependency-rule.md).

## Category

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)

## Required by

- [Component-Based Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/component-based-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)
- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-core-vocabulary.md)