# Flexibility

> The degree to which a component permits varied use, in tension with the invariants it must uphold.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Evolution Speed](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/evolution-speed.md) and before [Flexible Ingestion](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/flexible-ingestion.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Invariant](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/invariant.md)
- [Invariant / Flexibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/flexibility-invariant.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)