26 July 2013
Suggested standard for naming files of most types of design artifacts.
This suggested standard aims to:
- provide a preview of the file’s info thru the file name
- organize the versioning system of files
<project-name>_<project-type>_<artifact-type>_<designer-name>_<date>_<version>.<file-extension>
Example:
- Project: Chikka blog
- Type: website
- Artifact: Mock-up
- Designer: Dys
- Date: July 26, 2013
- Version: first
- App: Photoshop
- Exported image: PNG
Usage:
- chikka-blog_web_mu_dys_20130726_1a.psd
- chikka-blog_web_mu_dys_20130726_1a.png
Pointers:
- small caps only
- no spaces
- use dash ( – ) for separator within a segment
- use underscore ( _ ) for separator between segments
Project types:
- Website (desktop) – web
- Website (mobile) – web-m
- Android smartphone app – and
- Android tablet app – and-t
- iPhone app – ipn
- iPad app – ipd
Artifact types:
- Sketch – sk
- Wireframe – wf
- Mock-up – mu
Designer (free to change)
- Dys – dys
- Mike – mik
- Tess – tess
- Desiree – des
Date format: <YYYY><MM><DD>
Version format: <number><letter>
- always start at “1a”
- if only one person is designing two studies, name it “1a”, “2a”
- after exporting the design and a revision must be done, increment the letter, e.g., from “1a” to “1b” and so on