# Safe Use

> The ability to use an interface safely because it behaves the way its name and shape suggest.

Record: `lexicon:safe-use`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-safe-use

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Convention](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/convention.md) and before [Duplicated Denormalized Columns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/duplicated-denormalized-columns.md).

## Category

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)

## Enabled by

- [Principle of Least Surprise](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/principle-of-least-surprise.md)

## Linked from

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)