# Decoupled Notification

> The ability to notify interested parties of a change without the source knowing who they are.

Record: `lexicon:decoupled-notification`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-decoupled-notification

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Controlled Variation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/controlled-variation.md) and before [Deferred Execution](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/deferred-execution.md).

## Category

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/behavioral-patterns.md)

## Enabled by

- [Observer Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/observer-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)