# Stages

> The requirement that processing be decomposed into discrete stages connected by data flow.

Record: `lexicon:stages`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-stages

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Parallel/Stream Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/parallel-stream-processing.md) and before [State Coordination](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/state-coordination.md).

## Category

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)

## Required by

- [Dataflow Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/dataflow-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)
- [Application Concerns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-application-concerns.md)
- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)