# Config Schema

> A schema defining the structure, types, and defaults of a system's externalized configuration.

Record: `lexicon:config-schema`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Resource Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/resource-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-config-schema

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Protocol-Specific Features](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/protocol-specific-features.md) and before [Config Sprawl](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/config-sprawl.md).

## Category

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)

## Required by

- [Configuration Externalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/configuration-externalization.md)

## Linked from

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)