# Stable Semantics

> The requirement that an abstraction's meaning stay consistent even as its implementations change.

Record: `lexicon:stable-semantics`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-stable-semantics

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Interface Definition](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/interface-definition.md) and before [Coordination Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/coordination-cost.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## Required by

- [Abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/abstraction.md)

## Linked from

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)