# Image Definition

> A declarative file specifying how a container image is built from a base and its dependencies.

Record: `lexicon:image-definition`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Resource Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/resource-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-image-definition

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Image Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/image-complexity.md) and before [Repeatable Runtime Packaging](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/repeatable-runtime-packaging.md).

## Category

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)

## Required by

- [Containerization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/containerization.md)

## Linked from

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)