# Uniform Stage Interface

> The requirement that every stage share one interface so stages can be composed freely.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Unified Deployment Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unified-deployment-boundary.md) and before [Use Cases](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/use-cases.md).

## Category

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)

## Required by

- [Pipes and Filters](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/pipes-and-filters.md)

## Linked from

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)