# Plugins

> Independently-developed components that attach to a host at defined extension points to add capabilities.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Legal-Transition Enforcement](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/legal-transition-enforcement.md) and before [Policy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/policy.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Enabled by

- [Metadata-Driven Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/metadata-driven-design.md)
- [Inversion of Control](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/inversion-of-control.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)
- [Plugin / Extensibility / IoC](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-plugin-extensibility-ioc.md)
- [Infrastructure Concerns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-infrastructure-concerns.md)