# Ordering/State

> The degree to which processing an unbounded stream complicates preserving event order and bounded state.

Record: `lexicon:ordering-state`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-ordering-state

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Batch-Only Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/batch-only-processing.md) and before [Forward-Only State Model](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/forward-only-state-model.md).

## Category

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)

## In tension with

- [Streaming Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/streaming-architecture.md)
- [Streaming Architecture / Ordering/State](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/ordering-state-streaming-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)