# Causation ID / Metadata Verbosity

> "causation-id" (observability layer) is traded against "Metadata Verbosity" (observability layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Metadata Verbosity" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:causation-id-metadata-verbosity`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-causation-id-metadata-verbosity

## tensions-with

- [Causation ID](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/causation-id.md)
- [Metadata Verbosity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/metadata-verbosity.md)