# Layering

> A convention of organizing components into ordered layers where each may depend only on the layers beneath it.

Record: `lexicon:layering`
Kind: style
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-layering

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Build Order](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/build-order.md) and before [Topological Ordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/topological-ordering.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Directed Acyclic Graph](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/directed-acyclic-graph.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)