# Dependency Extraction

> The requirement that dependencies between units be discovered and represented explicitly as a graph.

Record: `lexicon:dependency-extraction`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-dependency-extraction

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Cycle Detection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cycle-detection.md) and before [Dynamic Loading](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dynamic-loading.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Required by

- [Dependency Graph](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/dependency-graph.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)