# Spine Read as a Dependency Rule

> A defect in which the layer spine is read as a dependency-direction rule rather than a classification tie-break.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Per-Check Exemption List](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/per-check-exemption-list.md) and before [Domain-Dialect Role](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/domain-dialect-role.md).

## Category

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

## Violates

- [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)