# Cross-Service Communication

> The ability for independent services to exchange information without direct coupling.

Record: `lexicon:cross-service-communication`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-cross-service-communication

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Consumer Elasticity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/consumer-elasticity.md) and before [Decoupled Domain Reactions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/decoupled-domain-reactions.md).

## Category

- [Event Messaging Async](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/event-messaging-async.md)

## Enabled by

- [Integration Events](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/integration-events.md)

## Linked from

- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)