# Metadata Verbosity

> The degree to which stamping every event with causation metadata makes the event payload verbose.

Record: `lexicon:metadata-verbosity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-metadata-verbosity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Event Metadata](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/event-metadata.md) and before [Unlinked Events](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unlinked-events.md).

## Category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## In tension with

- [Causation ID](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/causation-id.md)
- [Causation ID / Metadata Verbosity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/causation-id-metadata-verbosity.md)

## Linked from

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)