# Take the Variant Slot

> A technique for resolving a name collision with a declared variant instead of a new folder level.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Collapse the Exemption Lists](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/collapse-the-exemption-lists.md) and before [Add a Sibling Subject Folder](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/add-a-sibling-subject-folder.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Bounded Nesting Depth](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/bounded-nesting-depth.md)
- [Sideways Overflow](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/sideways-overflow.md)

## Linked from

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