Geodatabase object naming convention recommendations

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Could Esri provide recommendations in the documentation regarding GDB object naming conventions?

Examples:

  • Prefix so that like-objects will be sorted together in Catalog:
    • ROAD
    • ROAD_EVENTS
    • ROAD_INSPECTIONS
  • Plural vs singular: “ROAD” vs. “ROADS”.
  • Text case: all caps, title case, etc.
  • Underscores or no underscores.
  • Suffix database views with “_VW”.
  • Suffix tables/FCs that are generated/loaded by a scheduled job as “_SKD”, or something like that.
  • Use feature datasets where applicable.
  • Indexes: use a “_IDX” suffix or "IDX_" prefix.
  • Other?

Related: Nomenclature for file and layer naming in Multi-user data systems

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