# Split Bounded Context

> A technique for dividing a model that serves several meanings into contexts that each own one meaning of their terms.

Record: `lexicon:split-bounded-context`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Domain Modeling](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/domain-modeling.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-split-bounded-context

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Add Aggregate Invariant](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/add-aggregate-invariant.md) and before [Attribute-Compared Identity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/attribute-compared-identity.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Distributed Monolith](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/distributed-monolith.md)
- [Domain-Driven Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/domain-driven-design.md)
- [Bounded Context](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/bounded-context.md)
- [Semantic Contracts](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/semantic-contracts.md)
- [Single Responsibility Principle](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/single-responsibility.md)
- [Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/independence.md)
- [Autonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/autonomy.md)
- [Semantic Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/semantic-consistency.md)
- [Microservices](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/microservices.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Domain Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-domain-architecture.md)
- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)
- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)