# Multi-Role File

> Keeping a file whose primary responsibility is two concerns, forcing an arbitrary tag instead of surfacing the split the ambiguity reports.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Nominalized Process Word](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/nominalized-process-word.md) and before [Reasoning in the Registry](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reasoning-in-the-registry.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [One Concern Per File](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/one-concern-per-file.md)
- [Layer Spine Precedence](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/layer-spine-precedence.md)

## Linked from

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