# Declare the Root

> A technique for adding a folder to the jurisdiction declaration instead of inferring that it is governed.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Restore the Terminating Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/restore-the-terminating-tag.md) and before [Place the Folder in an Existing Container](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/place-the-folder-in-an-existing-container.md).

## Category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## Refactors

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

## Linked from

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-taxonomy-classification-naming.md)