# Multiple Competing Models

> Several inconsistent models of the same concept coexisting, so translations between them drift and conflict.

Record: `lexicon:multiple-competing-models`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-multiple-competing-models

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Bounded Context Autonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/bounded-context-autonomy.md) and before [Normalized Translation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/normalized-translation.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Canonical Model](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/canonical-model.md)

## Linked from

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