Difference between revisions of "Template:Filenames"

Latest revision as of 19:37, 28 September 2014

Use the following file naming convention:

authorname-firstwordoftitle-2012.docx

or if saving as a pdf file, which is preferred:

authorname-firstwordoftitle-2012.pdf

or if saving as an open document standards file, which is more preferred:

authorname-firstwordoftitle-2012.odt

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-==Filenames used on SUNScholar==
+===Conventions used on SUNScholar===
-<font color="red">'''The first vital thing about preservable digital objects is to use the correct file naming procedures.The whole filename must be in small caps and have no spaces. Spaces must be replaced with dashes (-) or underscores (_).'''</font>
+====File Names====
+Use the following file naming convention:
-Convert your document or file to an open format first. See below.
+  '''authorname-firstwordoftitle-2012.docx'''
+or if saving as a pdf file, which is preferred:
-Then use the following file naming convention:
+  '''authorname-firstwordoftitle-2012.pdf'''
-  '''surname_firstwordoftitle_2012.docx'''
+or if saving as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument open document standards] file, which is more preferred:
-or if saving as a pdf file, which is preferred.
+ '''authorname-firstwordoftitle-2012.odt'''
-  '''surname-firstwordoftitle-2012.pdf'''
-All the MSWord files (or other file formats) need to be converted to pdf for submission to SUNScholar.
 ;References
 *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename
 *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX