# Independence / Coordination Cost

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

Record: `tension:coordination-cost-independence`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-coordination-cost-independence

## tensions-with

- [Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/independence.md)
- [Coordination Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/coordination-cost.md)