# Metadata Schema

> A formal definition of the metadata fields that drive a system's behavior.

Record: `lexicon:metadata-schema`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-metadata-schema

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Manifest Schema](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/manifest-schema.md) and before [Explicit Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/explicit-semantics.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Metadata-Driven Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/metadata-driven-design.md)

## Linked from

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