# Schema Flexibility

> The degree to which a schema tolerates variation, in tension with a strict contract.

Record: `lexicon:schema-flexibility`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-schema-flexibility

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Runtime Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/runtime-cost.md) and before [Specialized Endpoints](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/specialized-endpoints.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## In tension with

- [Schema Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/schema-contract.md)
- [Schema Contract / Schema Flexibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/schema-contract-schema-flexibility.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)