# Naming Expressiveness

> The degree to which a closed vocabulary limits how precisely the developer can name a file that its declared words do not yet cover.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Placement Predictability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/placement-predictability.md) and before [Tree Compactness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/tree-compactness.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Closed Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/closed-vocabulary.md)
- [Closed Vocabulary / Naming Expressiveness](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/closed-vocabulary-naming-expressiveness.md)

## Linked from

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