# Declare the File Default

> A technique for stating the lifetime a file's sections take unless a section declares its own.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Declare All Three Lifetime Axes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/declare-all-three-lifetime-axes.md) and before [Declare Each Divergent Section](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/declare-each-divergent-section.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Section Lifetime Divergence](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/section-lifetime-divergence.md)

## Linked from

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