# observe

> An edge along which one layer reads another layer's state without changing it.

Record: `vocabulary:layer-edge-kind-observe`
Kind: layer-edge-kind
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#vocabulary-layer-edge-kind-observe

Listed in [Controlled vocabularies](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/vocabulary.md), after [cross-cuts](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/layer-edge-kind-cross-cuts.md) and before [placed-file](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/example-shape-placed-file.md).

## Edge kind of

- [Resource Core → Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/resource-core.md)

## Linked from

- [The layer topology](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-layer-topology.md)