Naming Conventions

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Contents 1 Folders 2 File names 3 Namespaces 4 Concepts 5 Types 6 Codes and enumeration values 7 Linkroles 8 Resources 9 Specials

Folders

Folders are irrelevant to XML but important to control versioning of released files and ownership of these files.

• Taxonomy files MUST be released as children of a folder.
• The top level folder of any taxonomy MUST represent the owner of the taxonomy files.
• The first level of sub folders MUST represent the reporting framework in which the taxonomy resides.
• The second level of sub folders MUST represent the version and/or release date of the taxonomy files inside.
• If dates are used to name folders, its notation MUST be: CCYYMMDD (no dashes or other characters).
• Folder names MUST be in lower case.
• Folder names MUST NOT use spaces (if a seperator is needed, an underscore is advised)

RH: Do we have a limited list of 'owners' that can be prescribed?

RH: How do we number the rules uniquely?

RH: I would like to emphasize that having reasons for each rule prevents a lot of questions. I.e. The reason for folder names to be lower case is to prevent problems between software running on Unix or Microsoft server.

Example:

• eba
  • finrep
    • 20131201
  • corep
    • 20121201

File names

Namespaces

Concepts

Types

Codes and enumeration values

Linkroles

Resources

Specials