# Explicitness

> The degree to which relying on conventions reduces the explicitness of how a system is configured.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Dynamic Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dynamic-complexity.md) and before [Manifest Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/manifest-drift.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Convention over Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/convention-over-configuration.md)
- [Convention over Configuration / Explicitness](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/convention-over-configuration-explicitness.md)

## Linked from

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