# Explicit Semantics

> The requirement that declarative configuration carry an explicit, defined meaning.

Record: `lexicon:explicit-semantics`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-explicit-semantics

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Metadata Schema](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/metadata-schema.md) and before [Stable Conventions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/stable-conventions.md).

## Category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## Required by

- [Declarative Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/declarative-configuration.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)