====== Naming Conventions ======

Too much variation in how pages are named in a wiki can lead to pages being hard to remember and find, so it's useful to develop a basic naming convention so things stay organised as the wiki grows.

===== Usage =====

A given structure makes it easier to remember names. When links are listed in alphabetical order, the documents belonging to the same type can be grouped easily. Introduce naming conventions. As a minimum, documents should start with the name of the template they are derived from, followed by the title, and possibly the initials of the responsible author: DocumentType_<SpeakingTitle>_[Initials]. The speaking title should use a singular form.

===== Example =====

This site groups patterns by type - People Patterns, People anti-Patterns, Content Patterns, and Content anti-Patterns. By labeling pages, the site can display alphabetically ordered lists of each type, as seen at the bottom of this and all other pages.

===== Related Patterns =====

  * [[CamelCase]]
  * [[Social Tagging]]

===== Further Reading =====

  * This contribution was initially taken from Using Wikis to Manage Use Cases: Experience and Outlook, page 113 of  [[http://www.se.uni-hannover.de/events/LSOplusRE/LSOplusRE-Proceedings-web-v1.0.pdf|Proceedings of Workshop on Learning Software Organizations and Requirements Engineering\]]