File Naming

In order to more easily keep track of the numerous photographs and audio files from a community history gathering event, it will be essential to have a system for standardizing file names.

If you have followed the system of Object ID stickers which we present in the Pre-Event Setup section, this will simplify the process.

In short, we recommend the following system for naming your files:

• YYYY-MM-DD is the date on which the event is hosted
• XXXX denotes the order in which that items were collected (i.e. 0001 is the first item, 0002 is the second, etc.)

Hence 2024-03-21-0004 would correspond to the fourth item collected on March 21st, 2024.

General Guidelines

Should you wish to use a different naming system, it is important to keep the following guidelines in mind:

• Are the filenames easily identifiable?
• Are they easily searchable?
• Are they easy for volunteers of different types to make sense of?