# Evolution

> The ability to change an interface over time, in tension with the stability its contract promises.

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

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

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [API Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/api-contract.md)
- [API Contract / Evolution](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/api-contract-evolution.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)