Is there a recommended naming convention for files?

File naming recommendations

File names should contain only letters, digits and the symbols “_” or“-” .

We recommend you avoid spaces or other symbols, and have only one period “.” before the file extension.

As a minimum, we recommend that you include the following information:

Component	Details

Component	Details
What	What - describe the type of data collected e.g. Tree_survey_
Where	Where - a code for the location where the data was collected e.g. Brigalow_Belt_
Date	Date - If submitting files for only one date, then the date of the data in YYYYMMDD format e.g. 20191025_ If you have multiple files where data spans different date ranges, then the start date and end date of the data in the file e.g. 20190830-20190930
Processing level	Processing level - If you will provide the data at different levels of processing, for example, a) raw data as collected and b) data after cleansing/filling, removing outliers, we recommend you provide a code to describe the processing level of the data. e.g. level_0 for raw data, level_1 for first level of processing, etc.

So your file name could be:

Tree_survey_Brigalow_Belt_20191025_level_1.csv

Where incuding a data dictionary, use the prefixes ‘data’ and 'dictionary'

data_Tree_survey_Brigalow_Belt_20191025_level_1.csv

dictionary_Tree_survey_Brigalow_Belt_20191025_level_1.csv

For version control please follow :

Example versions	Filename

Example versions	Filename
v1	Tree_survey_Brigalow_Belt_20191025_level_1_v1.csv
v2	Tree_survey_Brigalow_Belt_20191025_level_1_v2.csv
v3	Tree_survey_Brigalow_Belt_20191025_level_1_v3.csv