# Header/Metadata Management

> The degree to which threading correlation identifiers through headers adds handling to every call.

Record: `lexicon:header-metadata-management`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-header-metadata-management

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Context Propagation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/context-propagation.md) and before [Request-Level Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/request-level-traceability.md).

## Category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## In tension with

- [Correlation ID](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/correlation-id.md)
- [Correlation ID / Header/Metadata Management](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/correlation-id-header-metadata-management.md)

## Linked from

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)