# Intent-Revealing Interface / Concise Naming

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

Record: `tension:concise-naming-intent-revealing-interface`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-concise-naming-intent-revealing-interface

## tensions-with

- [Intent-Revealing Interface](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/intent-revealing-interface.md)
- [Concise Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/concise-naming.md)