ICT:Naming and Namespace Policy

Naming & Namespace Policy

Purpose

Defines how pages are organized and named.

Namespaces enforce structure and prevent accidental mixing of content.

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Namespaces

Standard namespaces:

• DA: → Digital Assets
• HO: → Heritage Objects
• P: → Persons
• ORG: → Organisations
• RC: → Research Chapters

Each entity type has exactly one namespace.

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Why namespaces are mandatory

Benefits:

• clear separation of content types
• permission control
• safer queries
• easier navigation
• prevents naming collisions

Example:

DA:0001
HO:0001

Both can exist safely.

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Page naming rules

Pages are NEVER manually named.

Forms must:

• set target namespace
• use page name formula
• hide title field

Example:

{{{info
 |target namespace=DA
 |page name formula={{{id}}}
 |hide title=1
}}}

Users must not type titles manually.

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ID policy

• IDs are stable
• IDs never change
• IDs are used as page names
• filenames are NOT page names

Good:

DA:0001

Bad:

DA:photo_final_version2.jpg

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Test content

Experimental work must use:

• Test:
• Sandbox:

Never create experiments in production namespaces.