# Location-Derived Identity

> A defect in which a record's identity is derived from its location or its subject, so renaming either one breaks it.

Record: `lexicon:location-derived-identity`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-location-derived-identity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Unreceived Invariant](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unreceived-invariant.md) and before [Whole-Surface Rewrite](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/whole-surface-rewrite.md).

## Category

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

## Violates

- [Declared Subject](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/declared-subject.md)

## Linked from

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