# Container Ladder

> Decide what a folder found at a governed root is by asking, in order, whether it groups concern sets, holds one role, belongs under an existing container, or is not source at all, so a new container is declared only for a new grouping axis.

Record: `algorithms:container-ladder`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-container-ladder
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/container-ladder/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Taxonomy Completion](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/taxonomy-completion.md) and before [Export Triage Ladder](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/export-triage-ladder.md).

## Domain

- [Taxonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/taxonomy.md)

## Stage

- [derive](https://banes-lab.com/records/stage/derive.md)

## Axis

- [reasoning](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-reasoning.md)

## Tier

- [process](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-process.md)

## Principle

- [Declared Jurisdiction](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/declared-jurisdiction.md)

## Math type

- [Logic](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-logic.md)

## Force

- [Modularity](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/modularity.md)
- [Semantic consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/semantic-consistency.md)

## Linked from

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-taxonomy-classification-naming.md)
- [The derivation loop](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/reasoning-loop-derivation-loop.md)
- [The axes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-axes.md)
- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)
- [The forces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-forces.md)