# Split by Responsibility

> A technique for dividing a file that holds two concerns into one file per concern.

Record: `lexicon:split-by-responsibility`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-split-by-responsibility

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Add a Sibling Subject Folder](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/add-a-sibling-subject-folder.md) and before [Reclassify to the Narrower Role](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reclassify-to-the-narrower-role.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [One Concern Per File](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/one-concern-per-file.md)

## Linked from

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