Naming Conventions
Do's
and
Don't's
special characters
[NEVER EVER]
Avoid using special characters in a file name.
\ / : * ? " < > | [ ] & $ , .
Do not use full stops (full stop = the .) anywhere in your file name
only at the end, before the file type.
(.jpg .tiff .pdf etc.)
special characters
[NEVER EVER-EXCEPTION]
Don't use spaces
Use underscores instead of periods or spaces
underscore_OR-dash
Keep under 25 characters
Should be sufficient to capture descriptive inormation
World_War_I/Posters/Hustrulid/0001.tif
wwI_poster_owens_0001.tif
Include the date at the end
include dates and format them consistently
YYMMDD
useful sorting tool
needs to be consistent
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
150928
Include a version number
-
update
-
new
-
old
-
final
- finalFINAL
more effective than...
v = version number: v01
-
THIS_IS_THE_FINAL
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JUST KIDDING THIS IS THE FINAL_FINAL VERSION FOR REAL THIS TIME
- Where is the final
Be consistent
The most important rule of file-naming is to be consistent.
tips and tricks:
CamelCaseNamingStyle
tips and tricks:
Use hyphens to denote version
or hierarchy
HustrulidG_hierarchy-v01
tips and tricks:
Use folders for hierarchy
tips and tricks:
variations and minor changes
03a 03b 03c
next version
04a 04b 04c
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By Ginelle Hustrulid
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