# Platform Abstraction

> The requirement that platform-specific details sit behind an abstraction the rest of the system depends on.

Record: `lexicon:platform-abstraction`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Resource Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/resource-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-platform-abstraction

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [OS/Vendor Lock-In](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/os-vendor-lock-in.md) and before [Reliable Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reliable-deployment.md).

## Category

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)

## Required by

- [Platform Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/platform-independence.md)

## Linked from

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)