# Manifest Drift

> The degree to which a manifest drifts out of sync with the components it declares.

Record: `lexicon:manifest-drift`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-manifest-drift

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Explicitness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/explicitness.md) and before [Metadata Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/metadata-drift.md).

## Category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## In tension with

- [Manifest-Based Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/manifest-based-design.md)
- [Manifest-Based Design / Manifest Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/manifest-based-design-manifest-drift.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)