# Self-Describing Architecture / Metadata Drift

> "self-describing-architecture" (declarative-core layer) is traded against "Metadata Drift" (declarative-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Metadata Drift" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:metadata-drift-self-describing-architecture`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-metadata-drift-self-describing-architecture

## tensions-with

- [Self-Describing Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/self-describing-architecture.md)
- [Metadata Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/metadata-drift.md)