# Over-Layering

> The degree to which adding separating layers introduces indirection that outweighs the separation gained.

Record: `lexicon:over-layering`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-over-layering

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Over-Generalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/over-generalization.md) and before [Over-Specialization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/over-specialization.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## In tension with

- [Separation of Concerns](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/separation-of-concerns.md)
- [Separation of Concerns / Over-Layering](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/over-layering-separation-of-concerns.md)

## Linked from

- [Architectural rules and principles](https://banes-lab.com/software-architecture/glossary/architectural-principles.md)
- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)