# Reasoning in the Registry

> Writing the rules about a declaration into the declaration file itself, producing a document in a schema's format that no code reads.

Record: `lex:reasoning-in-the-registry`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-reasoning-in-the-registry

## category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## referenced-by

- [Derived Naming Registry](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/derived-naming-registry.md)