# Self-Describing Systems

> The degree to which a system carries enough metadata to describe its own structure and capabilities at runtime.

Record: `lexicon:self-describing-systems`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-self-describing-systems

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Diagnostics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/diagnostics.md) and before [Build Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/build-complexity.md).

## Category

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Introspection](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/introspection.md)

## Linked from

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)