# Distributed Autonomy

> The ability for distributed nodes to operate and decide independently without central coordination.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Decoupled Event Distribution](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/decoupled-event-distribution.md) and before [Failure Recovery](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/failure-recovery.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Eventual Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/eventual-consistency.md)

## Linked from

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