# Loose Root File

> A defect in which a file sits at a governed root while it is neither the entry document nor an accumulator.

Record: `lexicon:loose-root-file`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-loose-root-file

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Per-Language Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/per-language-vocabulary.md) and before [Idempotency Key or Deterministic Operation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/idempotency-key-or-deterministic-operation.md).

## Category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## Violates

- [Root Spine Files](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/root-spine-files.md)

## Linked from

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-taxonomy-classification-naming.md)