# Inconsistent Conventions

> A defect in which parts of one project use different structures, formats, tools or patterns for the same kind of thing.

Record: `lexicon:inconsistent-conventions`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-inconsistent-conventions

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Archive Reference](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/archive-reference.md) and before [Excessive Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/excessive-configuration.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## Violates

- [Standardization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/standardization.md)
- [Convention over Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/convention-over-configuration.md)

## Linked from

- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)
- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)