Inter‑disciplinary collaborations (e.g., climate science + public health) often suffer from incompatible naming schemes. Initiatives similar to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles could propose universal token dictionaries, turning strings like “jur‑119‑rm‑javhd” into globally interpretable identifiers.
Scripts, pipelines, and bots often parse filenames to decide the next processing step. For instance, a batch job could be configured to pick up all “rm” files, convert them using the “javhd” codec, and move them to an archive folder labeled with the same project code. The deterministic structure of the name is the glue that lets automation run reliably. jur-119-rm-javhd.today02-34-16 Min
From the example above, we can derive a set of best‑practice guidelines that any organization can adopt. Inter‑disciplinary collaborations (e
| Principle | Guideline | Example |
|-----------|-----------|---------|
| Brevity with Clarity | Keep each token short (≤4‑5 characters) yet meaningful. | jur for jurisdiction rather than jurisdictionproject. |
| Stable Tokens | Use fixed‑length codes for elements that never change (project IDs, department codes). | 119 is always three digits, zero‑padded (001, 002, …). |
| Explicit Temporal Format | Adopt ISO‑like ordering (YYYYMMDD‑HHMMSS) or a clear local convention; avoid ambiguous separators. | 20260410-023416 instead of “today02‑34‑16”. |
| Delimiter Consistency | Choose a single delimiter (underscore, hyphen, period) and apply it uniformly. | jur-119-rm-javhd_20260410-023416. |
| Semantic Prefixes for Status | Encode status (raw, processed, final) at the beginning of the name. | raw-, proc-, fin-. |
| Human‑Readability | Include at least one token that a non‑technical stakeholder can recognize. | meeting instead of mtg. | Scripts, pipelines, and bots often parse filenames to
Applying these principles to the original string might yield a more systematic version, such as:
JUR_119_RM_JAVHD_20260410-023416_Min
Now every stakeholder—engineer, archivist, manager—understands the essential metadata at a glance.