# Unread Prose Mandate

> A defect in which a field is mandated as free prose while a consumer is assumed to read it.

Record: `lexicon:unread-prose-mandate`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-unread-prose-mandate

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Restating Payload](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/restating-payload.md) and before [Concern Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/concern-tag.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)

## Violates

- [Joinable Mandated Field](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/joinable-mandated-field.md)

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)