Introspection / Encapsulation
Kind: tension
Record: tension:encapsulation-introspection
Canonical: Schema
"introspection" (declarative-core layer) is traded against "Encapsulation" (structural-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Encapsulation" and choosing an explicit operating point.
Listed in Tensions, after Reflection / Static Analysis and before Compile-Time Evaluation / Build Complexity.