Uniform Interface / Specialized Endpoints
Kind: tension
Record: tension:specialized-endpoints-uniform-interface
Canonical: Schema
"uniform-interface" (contracts-core layer) is traded against "Specialized Endpoints" (contracts-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Specialized Endpoints" and choosing an explicit operating point.
Listed in Tensions, after Interoperability / Domain-Specific Optimization and before Consumer-Driven Contracts / Provider Autonomy.