# Self-Validating Values

> The ability for a value object to guarantee its own validity at construction.

Record: `lexicon:self-validating-values`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Domain Modeling](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/domain-modeling.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-self-validating-values

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Root-Guarded Invariants](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/root-guarded-invariants.md) and before [Side-Effect-Free Equality](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/side-effect-free-equality.md).

## Category

- [Domain Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/domain-architecture.md)

## Enabled by

- [Value Object](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/value-object.md)

## Linked from

- [Domain Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-domain-architecture.md)