# Reasoning in the Registry

> Writing the rules about a declaration into the declaration file itself, producing a document in a schema's format that no code reads.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Multi-Role File](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/multi-role-file.md) and before [Mass Concern](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/mass-concern.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Derived Naming Registry](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/derived-naming-registry.md)

## Linked from

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