# Distinguished Copy

> A formal definition of the one copy of a fact that every other copy derives from, or the one copy a mechanism resolves, which gives a set of copies its direction.

Record: `lexicon:distinguished-copy`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-distinguished-copy

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Liveness Witness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/liveness-witness.md) and before [Derivation Period](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/derivation-period.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Period-Decided Disposition](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/period-decided-disposition.md)

## Linked from

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

## Evidence in the code

- [models/coordination.model.md](https://banes-lab.com/source/coordination/models/coordination.model.md.md)