# Handle Tag

> A formal definition of the tag for a file that defines an opaque reference to a resource another part of the system owns, filed in a handles folder.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Heap Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/heap-tag.md) and before [Clock Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/clock-tag.md).

## Category

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