# Self-Describing Structures / Size Overhead

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

Record: `tension:self-describing-structures-size-overhead`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-self-describing-structures-size-overhead

## tensions-with

- [Self-Describing Structures](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/self-describing-structures.md)
- [Size Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/size-overhead.md)