# Locality of Behavior

> The degree to which keeping related behavior together can conflict with removing all duplication.

Record: `lexicon:locality-of-behavior`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-locality-of-behavior

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Excessive Fragmentation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/excessive-fragmentation.md) and before [Over-Generalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/over-generalization.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## In tension with

- [Do Not Repeat Yourself](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/duplicate-code.md)
- [Do Not Repeat Yourself (DRY) / Locality of Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/do-not-repeat-yourself-dry-locality-of-behavior.md)

## Linked from

- [Separate, trade, or mitigate](https://banes-lab.com/software-architecture/principles/separate-trade-or-mitigate.md)
- [Architectural rules and principles](https://banes-lab.com/software-architecture/glossary/architectural-principles.md)
- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-quality-attributes.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)