# Ambiguous Encoding

> Representing the same value in multiple encodings without normalizing, so equal values compare as different.

Record: `lexicon:ambiguous-encoding`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-ambiguous-encoding

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Service-Specific Schemas](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/service-specific-schemas.md) and before [Canonical Format](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/canonical-format.md).

## Category

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)

## Negated by

- [Canonicalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/canonicalization.md)

## Linked from

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)