# recommended > A principle that applies by default and gives way to a stated reason. Record: `vocabulary:severity-recommended` Kind: severity Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#vocabulary-severity-recommended Listed in [Controlled vocabularies](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/vocabulary.md), after [mandatory](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/severity-mandatory.md) and before [contextual](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/severity-contextual.md). ## Severity of - [Bounded Context](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/bounded-context.md) - [Context Mapping](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/context-mapping.md) - [Anti-Corruption Layer](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/anti-corruption-layer.md) - [Value Object](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/value-object.md) - [Dynamic Dispatch](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/dynamic-dispatch.md) - [Causal Dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/causal-dependency.md) - [Design by Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/design-by-contract.md) - [Interface-Based Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/interface-based-design.md) - [Contract-First Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/contract-first-design.md) - [Postconditions](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/postconditions.md) - [Forward Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/forward-compatibility.md) - [Uniform Interface](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/uniform-interface.md) - [Consumer-Driven Contracts](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/consumer-driven-contracts.md) - [Centralized Authentication](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/centralized-authentication.md) - [Centralized Logging](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/centralized-logging.md) - [Determinism](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/determinism.md) - [Predictability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/predictability.md) - [Pure Functions](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/pure-functions.md) - [Immutability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/immutability.md) - [Reproducibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/reproducibility.md) - [Specification-Based Testing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/specification-based-testing.md) - [Property-Based Testing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/property-based-testing.md) - [Environment Parity](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/environment-parity.md) - [Protocol Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/protocol-independence.md) - [Composability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/composability.md) - [Composition Over Inheritance](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/composition-over-inheritance.md) - [Reusability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/reusability.md) - [Replaceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/replaceability.md) - [Interchangeability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/interchangeability.md) - [Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/independence.md) - [Open/Closed Principle (OCP)](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/open-closed.md) - [Polymorphism](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/polymorphism.md) - [Domain Events](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/domain-events.md) - [Integration Events](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/integration-events.md) - [Outbox Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/outbox-pattern.md) - [Fail Fast](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/fail-fast.md) - [Graceful Degradation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/graceful-degradation.md) - [Error Boundaries](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/error-boundaries.md) - [Assessment](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/assessment.md) - [Architecture Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/architecture-review.md) - [Design Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/design-review.md) - [Impact Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/impact-analysis.md) - [Fitness Functions](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/fitness-functions.md) - [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/quality-attributes.md) - [Architecture Decision Records (ADR)](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/architecture-decision-records.md) - [First-Principles Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/first-principles-design.md) - [Pattern Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/pattern-consistency.md) - [Self-Describing API](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/self-describing-api.md) - [Declarative Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/declarative-configuration.md) - [Capability Declaration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/capability-declaration.md) - [Causation ID](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/causation-id.md) - [Dashboards](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/dashboards.md) - [Strategy Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/strategy-pattern.md) - [Observer Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/observer-pattern.md) - [Command Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/command-pattern.md) - [State Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/state-pattern.md) - [Chain of Responsibility Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/chain-of-responsibility-pattern.md) - [Finite State Machine](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/finite-state-machine.md) - [Factory Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/factory-pattern.md) - [Builder Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/builder-pattern.md) - [Facade Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/facade-pattern.md) - [Composite Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/composite-pattern.md) - [Statelessness](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/statelessness.md) - [Performance Engineering](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/performance-engineering.md) - [Profiling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/profiling.md) - [Benchmarking](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/benchmarking.md) - [Bottleneck Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/bottleneck-analysis.md) - [Pipeline Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/pipeline-architecture.md) - [Stateless Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/stateless-processing.md) - [Extension Points](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/extension-points.md) - [Inversion of Control (IoC)](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/inversion-of-control.md) - [Dependency Injection](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/dependency-injection.md) - [Canonical Schema](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/canonical-schema.md) - [Canonicalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/canonicalization.md) - [Ubiquitous Language](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/ubiquitous-language.md) - [Intent-Revealing Interface](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/intent-revealing-interface.md) - [Principle of Least Surprise](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/principle-of-least-surprise.md) - [Database Normalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/database-normalization.md) - [Policy as Code](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/policy-as-code.md) - [Ports and Adapters Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/ports-and-adapters-architecture.md) - [Hexagonal Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/hexagonal-architecture.md) - [Clean Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/clean-architecture.md) - [Component-Based Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/component-based-architecture.md) - [Package by Feature](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/package-by-feature.md) - [Pipes and Filters](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/pipes-and-filters.md) - [Section Lifetime Divergence](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/section-lifetime-divergence.md) - [Read-Time Join](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/read-time-join.md) - [One-Sided Liveness](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/one-sided-liveness.md) - [Reversible Channel Encoding](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/reversible-channel-encoding.md) - [Declare-Before-Read Order](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/declare-before-read-order.md) - [Period-Decided Disposition](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/period-decided-disposition.md) - [State-Arity Limit](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/state-arity-limit.md) - [Carrier and Payload Split](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/carrier-and-payload-split.md) - [Joinable Mandated Field](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/joinable-mandated-field.md) - [Unit of Work Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/unit-of-work-pattern.md) - [Controlled Side Effects](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/controlled-side-effects.md) ## Linked from - [Domain Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-domain-architecture.md) - [Runtime Discovery / Dynamic Binding](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-runtime-discovery-dynamic-binding.md) - [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md) - [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md) - [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-control-coordination-centralization.md) - [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md) - [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md) - [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md) - [SOLID / Object-Oriented Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-solid-object-oriented-design.md) - [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md) - [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md) - [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md) - [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md) - [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md) - [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md) - [Creational Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-creational-patterns.md) - [Structural Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-structural-patterns.md) - [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md) - [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md) - [Plugin / Extensibility / IoC](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-plugin-extensibility-ioc.md) - [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md) - [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md) - [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md) - [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md) - [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-transactions-state-concurrency.md)