Records Management - Naming Conventions for Electronic Records
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Why do we need file naming conventions?
To facilitate the efficient storage and the effective retrieval of University records, it is essential that they are named in a consistent and coherent way.
The benefit of file naming is realised in the establishment of a few simple rules, the aim of which is to reduce the problem of decision making, through the encouragement of consistent practice.
By consistency of application, file naming becomes a great deal easier , insofar as the rules for naming become established and learned, with required decisions no longer needing to be thought through time and again and on each and every occasion.