# HATEOAS-style Navigation

> The ability for clients to navigate an API by following links it returns in its responses.

Record: `lexicon:hateoas-style-navigation`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-hateoas-style-navigation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Dynamic Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dynamic-processing.md) and before [Plugin Loading](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/plugin-loading.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Self-Describing API](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/self-describing-api.md)

## Linked from

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