# Local Model Autonomy

> The degree to which a bounded context is free to define and evolve its own data model independently of a shared canonical one.

Record: `lexicon:local-model-autonomy`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-local-model-autonomy

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Cross-System Mapping](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cross-system-mapping.md) and before [Service-Specific Schemas](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/service-specific-schemas.md).

## Category

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)

## In tension with

- [Canonical Data Model](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/canonical-data-model.md)
- [Canonical Data Model / Local Model Autonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/canonical-data-model-local-model-autonomy.md)

## Linked from

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)
- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)