# Declaration Drift

> The degree to which a declared capability set drifts out of sync with the actual behavior.

Record: `lexicon:declaration-drift`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-declaration-drift

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Stable Conventions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/stable-conventions.md) and before [Dynamic Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dynamic-complexity.md).

## Category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## In tension with

- [Capability Declaration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/capability-declaration.md)
- [Capability Declaration / Declaration Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/capability-declaration-declaration-drift.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)