Lexicon

Implicit Capability

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Declarative Core

Record: lexicon:implicit-capability

Canonical: Lexicon

Leaving what a component can do implicit and undiscoverable instead of declaring it.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Hidden Runtime Behavior and before Opaque API.

Category

  • Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems

Negated by

  • Capability Declaration

Violates

  • Capability Declaration
  • Manifest-Based Design

Linked from

  • Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems