Names that work.
WHAT A GOOD NAME CONTAINS
What it is Who or what it relates to A date, where relevant A version, where relevant
WHAT ORDER TO USE
Most general first, most specific last.
WHY
So sorting groups related files together.
WHAT DATE FORMAT TO USE
Year, then month, then day, in numbers.
WHY
It sorts correctly. Other formats do not.
WHAT TO AVOID
Spaces, where files will be used online Characters that some systems reject Very long names "Final", "final2", "final-really"
THAT LAST ONE
The universal symptom of no version convention.
WHAT TO USE INSTEAD
A version number, or a date.
WHAT TO KEEP CONSISTENT
The convention, across everyone who saves files.
WHY
Inconsistent naming makes searching and sorting useless.
WHAT TO AGREE
The convention, once, in writing.
WHAT TO CHECK
Whether you can find a file from six months ago in under a minute.
