# Canonical Schema / Service-Specific Schemas

> "canonical-schema" (contracts-core layer) is traded against "Service-Specific Schemas" (contracts-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Service-Specific Schemas" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:canonical-schema-service-specific-schemas`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-canonical-schema-service-specific-schemas

## tensions-with

- [Canonical Schema](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/canonical-schema.md)
- [Service-Specific Schemas](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/service-specific-schemas.md)