# Allocate Identity Once

> A technique for assigning a record its id when it is created and never deriving it again from its location or subject.

Record: `lexicon:allocate-identity-once`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-allocate-identity-once

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Derive State from Edges](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/derive-state-from-edges.md) and before [Declare the Subject Beside the Id](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/declare-the-subject-beside-the-id.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)

## Refactors

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

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)