Template:Filenames

Filenames used on SUNScholar

• 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 (-).
• There cannot be any other formatting characters such as ()#/ etc...

Convert your document or file to an open format first. For documents use PDF formats.

Then 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 xml file, which is more preferred:

authorname-firstwordoftitle-2012.xml

References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX