# Distributed Evolution

> The degree to which services can evolve independently, constrained by the contracts binding them.

Record: `lexicon:distributed-evolution`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-distributed-evolution

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Development Speed](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/development-speed.md) and before [Domain-Specific Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/domain-specific-optimization.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## In tension with

- [Service Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/service-contract.md)
- [Service Contract / Distributed Evolution](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/distributed-evolution-service-contract.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)