# Provisional Name

> A defect in which a file is written under a provisional name and its correct name is left for a later sweep.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Generic Subject over a Domain File](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/generic-subject-over-a-domain-file.md) and before [Copied Slot Word](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/copied-slot-word.md).

## Category

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

## Violates

- [Conformance at Creation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/conformance-at-creation.md)

## Linked from

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