https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/geodatabase-object-naming-convention/idi-p/1172784 <P>Could Esri provide recommendations in the documentation regarding GDB object naming conventions?</P><P>Examples:</P><UL><LI>Prefix so that like-objects will be sorted together in Catalog:<UL><LI>ROAD</LI><LI>ROAD_EVENTS</LI><LI>ROAD_INSPECTIONS</LI></UL></LI><LI>Plural vs singular: “ROAD” vs. “ROADS”.</LI><LI>Text case: all caps, title case, etc.</LI><LI>Underscores or no underscores.</LI><LI>Suffix database views with “_VW”.</LI><LI>Suffix tables/FCs that are generated/loaded by a scheduled job as “_SKD”, or something like that.</LI><LI>Use feature datasets where applicable.</LI><LI>Indexes: use a “_IDX” suffix or "IDX_" prefix.</LI><LI>Other?</LI></UL><P>Related:&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/nomenclature-for-file-and-layer-naming-in-multi/m-p/1172780/highlight/true#M44025" target="_self">Nomenclature for file and layer naming in Multi-user data systems</A></P> Sat, 14 May 2022 04:05:22 GMT Bud 2022-05-14T04:05:22Z https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/geodatabase-object-naming-convention/idi-p/1172784 <P>Could Esri provide recommendations in the documentation regarding GDB object naming conventions?</P><P>Examples:</P><UL><LI>Prefix so that like-objects will be sorted together in Catalog:<UL><LI>ROAD</LI><LI>ROAD_EVENTS</LI><LI>ROAD_INSPECTIONS</LI></UL></LI><LI>Plural vs singular: “ROAD” vs. “ROADS”.</LI><LI>Text case: all caps, title case, etc.</LI><LI>Underscores or no underscores.</LI><LI>Suffix database views with “_VW”.</LI><LI>Suffix tables/FCs that are generated/loaded by a scheduled job as “_SKD”, or something like that.</LI><LI>Use feature datasets where applicable.</LI><LI>Indexes: use a “_IDX” suffix or "IDX_" prefix.</LI><LI>Other?</LI></UL><P>Related:&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/nomenclature-for-file-and-layer-naming-in-multi/m-p/1172780/highlight/true#M44025" target="_self">Nomenclature for file and layer naming in Multi-user data systems</A></P> Sat, 14 May 2022 04:05:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/geodatabase-object-naming-convention/idi-p/1172784 Bud 2022-05-14T04:05:22Z https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/geodatabase-object-naming-convention/idc-p/1172798#M1830 <P>Please read the following: -&nbsp;</P><P>1-&nbsp;&nbsp;<A href="https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000006254" target="_blank">https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000006254</A></P><P>2-&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-blog/how-to-name-things-in-arcgis/ba-p/897194" target="_blank">https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-blog/how-to-name-things-in-arcgis/ba-p/897194</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 11 May 2022 14:03:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/geodatabase-object-naming-convention/idc-p/1172798#M1830 Hala_Ghareeb 2022-05-11T14:03:39Z