# Initializer Tag

> A formal definition of the tag for a file that prepares one component's starting state, filed in an initializers folder.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Bootstrapper Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/bootstrapper-tag.md) and before [Activator Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/activator-tag.md).

## Category

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