# Declare the Subject Beside the Id

> A technique for recording a record's subject as a declared field next to its id, so either can change without breaking the other.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Allocate Identity Once](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/allocate-identity-once.md) and before [Hold the Barrier for Planned Writes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hold-the-barrier-for-planned-writes.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

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

## Linked from

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