# Self-Description

> The degree to which a component exposes its own capabilities and structure for inspection.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Payload Verbosity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/payload-verbosity.md) and before [Size Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/size-overhead.md).

## Category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Capability Declaration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/capability-declaration.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)