Lexicon

Unvalidated Metadata

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Declarative Core

Record: lexicon:unvalidated-metadata

Canonical: Lexicon

A defect in which metadata that drives behavior is read without being validated against a schema.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Declare Capability and before Code-as-Data Representation.

Category

  • Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems

Violates

  • Metadata-Driven Design

Linked from

  • Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems