A naming convention is a convention (generally agreed scheme) for naming things. Conventions differ in their intents, which may include to: Allow useful information to be deduced from the names based on regularities. For instance, in Manhattan, streets are consecutively numbered; with East-West streets called "Streets" and North-South streets called "Avenues". Show relationships, and in most personal naming conventions Ensure that each name is unique for the same scope. File naming best practices: Files should be named consistently File names should be short but descriptive (<25 characters) (Briney) Avoid special characters or spaces in a file name Use capitals and underscores instead of periods or spaces or slashes Use date format ISO 8601: YYYYMMDD Include a version number (Creamer et al.) Write down naming convention in data management plan Elements to consider using in a naming convention are: Date of creation (putting the date in the front will facilitate computer aided date sorting) Short Description Work Location Project name or number Sample Analysis Version number Example YYYYMMDD_Image_Modification 20130420_tina_original.tiff 20130420_tina_cropped.jpeg 20130420_tina_mustache.jpeg

1. File Naming
Conventions
By:
Narendra Singh Shekhawat
Narendraa.singhshekhawat@gmail.com
+91-7737777476

2. ONLY USE LETTERS,
NUMBERS, DASHES,
OR UNDERSCORES
IN FILE OR FOLDER
NAMES
• Avoid spaces use-a-dash-or-an–
underscore_where_you_would_ha
ve_put_a_space_between_words
• Periods can still be used in the
middle of a filename or folder
name, but should never be put at
the end of the name
• Many current filenames have
"yyyy.mm.dd" at the end of the file
– this is OK!

3. How can we
differentiate
country and a non
country specific
file?
• Non Country-Specific
File:
• “Filename-v#-yyyy-mm-dd-initials”
• Country Specific File:
• “PMACC-Filename-v#-yyyy-mm-dd-
initials”

4. Country code
for PMA
• BF = Burkina Faso
• CD = DR Congo
• ET = Ethiopia
• GH = Ghana
• ID = Indonesia
• KE = Kenya
• NE = Niger
• NG = Nigeria
• PK = Pakistan
• UG = Uganda
• RJ = Rajasthan
• TN = Tamil Nadu
For more click on below link :
http://eeieio.accountsupport.com/Country-
Abbreviations.html

5. Components of
file name
• Filename = Description of the file (keep it
short)
• v# = Version number (update EVERY TIME
you edit a shared file!)
• yyyy-mm-dd = Date last edited
• Update every time
• Maintain the structure of the date yyyy-
mm-dd for sorting and clarity
• Example: November 14th, 2012 should be
written 2012-11-14, NOT 12-11-14, which
could be misinterpreted as 12 Nov 2014 or
11 Dec 2014.
• Initials = First, middle, and last initial of the
last editor

6. File naming
best practices:
• The first thing you should do when opening a
shared file for editing is to SAVE AS with the
new filename, including the updated version #,
date, and your initials.
• A file should almost never be labeled as
“FINAL”, and always in should be in an updated
version # and date. This includes files that are
shared on Dropbox and files that are emailed.
• Dashes “-" should be used over underscores
“_”. Words that are trapped by an underscore
are not searchable using the “spotlight”
function on your computer, so using a dash
allows for easy file searching. The only
exception to this rule are files that are
generated directly by Stata, as these must use
underscores.