# Compression Tag

> A formal definition of the tag for a file that encodes data into fewer bytes and restores it, filed in a compression folder.

Record: `lexicon:compression-tag`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-compression-tag

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Lazy-Loading Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/lazy-loading-tag.md) and before [Config Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/config-tag.md).

## Category

- [Infrastructure Concerns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/infrastructure-concerns.md)