Considerations When Creating a File Name
One of the first things to consider is to decide on a file naming convention at the start of your project.
Useful File Names are:
Consistent
Meaningful and understandable to you and other team members
Easily findable
Consider the Following Elements When Selecting a File Name:
- Understandable vocabulary – establish standards for file names so that everyone can communicate in the same language.
- Punctuation – establish rules for when and how to use punctuation symbols, capital letters, hyphens, and spaces.
- Dates – decide on a logical way to use dates so that they appear chronologically, i.e. YYYY-MM-DD.
- Order – decide which element should come first so that files with the same theme are grouped together and easily found.
- Numbers – specify the number of digits to use in numbering so that files are listed numerically, such as “01, 02, 03” OR “001, 002, 003.”