# Over-Specialization

> The degree to which pursuing tight cohesion can narrow a unit's purpose too far to reuse.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Over-Layering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/over-layering.md) and before [Performance Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/performance-overhead.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [High Cohesion](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/high-cohesion.md)
- [High Cohesion / Over-Specialization](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/high-cohesion-over-specialization.md)

## Linked from

- [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)