Contracts

Kind: constraint

Layer: Structural Core

Record: lexicon:contracts

Canonical: Lexicon

Explicit, enforceable agreements specifying the inputs, outputs, and guarantees between components.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Metrics and before Independent Deployment.

Category

• Core Vocabulary

Required by

• Interoperability
• Decentralization
• Impact Analysis
• Capability Declaration
• Extension Points
• Component-Based Architecture

Reinforced by

• Specification-Based Testing
• Type Safety

Linked from

• Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility
• Control / Coordination / Centralization
• Correctness / Determinism / Verification
• Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts
• Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems
• Plugin / Extensibility / IoC
• Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics
• Codebase / System Architecture Styles
• Infrastructure Concerns