# Specialized Endpoints

> The degree to which purpose-built endpoints are offered, traded against a uniform interface.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Schema Flexibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/schema-flexibility.md) and before [Strong Validation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/strong-validation.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Uniform Interface](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/uniform-interface.md)
- [Uniform Interface / Specialized Endpoints](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/specialized-endpoints-uniform-interface.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)