# Attribute-Compared Identity

> A defect in which two entities are judged to be the same by comparing their attributes instead of their identity.

Record: `lexicon:attribute-compared-identity`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Domain Modeling](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/domain-modeling.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-attribute-compared-identity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Split Bounded Context](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/split-bounded-context.md) and before [Reachable Invalid State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reachable-invalid-state.md).

## Category

- [Domain Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/domain-architecture.md)

## Violates

- [Entity](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/entity.md)

## Linked from

- [Domain Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-domain-architecture.md)