# Informal Validation Only

> Relying only on informal checks and testing where a formal proof of correctness is warranted.

Record: `lexicon:informal-validation-only`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-informal-validation-only

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Implementation-Only Testing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/implementation-only-testing.md) and before [Side Effects](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/side-effects.md).

## Category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## Negated by

- [Formal Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/formal-verification.md)

## Linked from

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md)