# Pipes and Filters / End-to-End Traceability

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

Record: `tension:end-to-end-traceability-pipes-and-filters`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-end-to-end-traceability-pipes-and-filters

## tensions-with

- [Pipes and Filters](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/pipes-and-filters.md)
- [End-to-End Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/end-to-end-traceability.md)