[Internal-cg] Document naming strategy

Patrik Fältström paf at frobbit.se
Fri Aug 29 04:48:15 UTC 2014


On 29 aug 2014, at 03:59, Narelle Clark <narelle.clark at accan.org.au> wrote:

> Too easy. :-)
> 
> This is pretty much exactly what we've been doing, as you say.
> 
> Perhaps one of us should pop this description onto the dropbox also as a piece of process description.

Done!

   Patrik

> Narelle
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: internal-cg-bounces at icann.org [mailto:internal-cg-
>> bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Patrik Fältström
>> Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2014 10:32 PM
>> To: ICG
>> Subject: [Internal-cg] Document naming strategy
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have watched the naming convention people have been using of their
>> documents.
>> 
>> I suggest the following, which I think is very close to what has been in use:
>> 
>> During development of a document:
>> 
>> The person responsible for the document do now and then create new
>> (clean) versions, and those have the name:
>> 
>> Example: Whatever-Issue-v3.doc
>> 
>> Format: <topic>-<subtopic (if needed)>-v<N>.<type>
>> 
>> If people comment they can do one of two things:
>> 
>> a. Add initials to the filename and save as new file:
>> 
>> Example: Whatever-Issue-v3-paf.doc
>> 
>> Format: <topic>-<subtopic (if needed)>-v<N>-<initials>.<type>
>> 
>> Or:
>> 
>> Example: Whatever-Issue-v3-paf-ac.doc
>> 
>> Format: <topic>-<subtopic (if needed)>-v<N>-<initials>.<type>
>> 
>> b. Add things in the document with change markings on, save as same
>> name
>> 
>> The document edited can be either the main one (latest version) or later
>> version with initials.
>> 
>> Discussions on calls for example, or "last call", is on a document of a certain
>> version (without the suffixes):
>> 
>> Example: Whatever-Issue-v3.doc
>> 
>> The final, approved, document is named without version number:
>> 
>> Example: Whatever-Issue.doc
>> 
>> Format: <topic>-<subtopic (if needed)>.<type>
>> 
>> It is the person being responsible for the document that should create new
>> versions when needed.
>> 
>> We will ask the secretariat to (help the document manager, which is an ICG
>> member) to keep track of versions of document, and rename if needed.
>> 
>>   Patrik Fältström
> 

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