# Unvalidated Metadata

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

Record: `lexicon:unvalidated-metadata`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-unvalidated-metadata

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Declare Capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/declare-capability.md) and before [Code-as-Data Representation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/code-as-data-representation.md).

## Category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## Violates

- [Metadata-Driven Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/metadata-driven-design.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)