# Canonicalization / Lossless Preservation

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

Record: `tension:canonicalization-lossless-preservation`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-canonicalization-lossless-preservation

## tensions-with

- [Canonicalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/canonicalization.md)
- [Lossless Preservation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/lossless-preservation.md)