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Name Characters for Files and Directories

  • 1.  Name Characters for Files and Directories

    Posted 10-08-2010 10:21
    Robin,
    
    
    > Allowable characters for use in a filename or directory/folder name
    > include only the thirty-six characters [0-9A-Za-z] and three
    > punctuation characters: "." (period), "-" (hyphen), "_" (underscore).
    
    
    Prefer:
    
    Characters for use in a filename or directory/folder name are: the
    thirty-six characters [0-9A-Za-z] and three punctuation characters:
    "." (period), "-" (hyphen), "_" (underscore).
    
    Note: No other characters are permitted in file or directory names.
    
    
    > These name character restrictions must be adhered to for
    > files/directories associated with approved Work Products and any
    > candidates for TC approval. These rules should be followed in all
    > other contexts where OASIS tools and publication venues support the
    > constraints.
    
    Prefer:
    
    Delete. Already stated in first paragraph. Repetition. 
    
    
    
    > Note: Additional characters (e.g., medial or terminal "/", and
    > terminal "#") are allowed in XML namespace names, as presented in the
    > dedicated section for XML Namespace Identifiers and Namespace
    > Documents.
    
    
    Prefer:
    
    Delete. Irrelevant to naming of files. Move to relevant section. Not
    saving space, just creating confusion.
    
    Hope you are having a great day!
    
    Patrick