# Independent Stage Testing

> The ability to test each filter stage in isolation from the rest of the pipeline.

Record: `lexicon:independent-stage-testing`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-independent-stage-testing

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Framework Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/framework-independence.md) and before [Infrastructure Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/infrastructure-independence.md).

## Category

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)

## Enabled by

- [Pipes and Filters](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/pipes-and-filters.md)

## Linked from

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)
- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)