# Scanner as a Tag

> Tagging a file scanner, which overlaps reporter and inspector, where the analyzer and inspector tags cover a file that reads material and derives facts from it.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Checker or Linter as a Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/checker-or-linter-as-a-tag.md) and before [Fixer or Healer as a Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fixer-or-healer-as-a-tag.md).

## Category

- [Refused Tags](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/refused-tags.md)