RDMbites | Machine and human readable file naming - TeSS (Training eSupport System)

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In 2021, ELIXIR-UK was granted a UKRI award for the ELIXIR-UK DaSH Fellowship. The University of Bradford leads the project with a delivery team at Cardiff University, the Earlham Institute, the University of Manchester, and the University of Oxford.

The project aims to embed Research Data Management (RDM) know-how into UK universities and institutes by producing and delivering training in FAIR data stewardship using ELIXIR-UK knowledge and resources, such as the RDMkit and the FAIR Cookbook.

It focuses on building capacity and professionalising data stewardship while leveraging the local expertise within diverse UK institutions – creating a data management culture change from within the institutions.

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RDMbites | Machine and human readable file naming

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In this RDMbite I will show you how to name your files so that they can be read and interpreted by yourself and others.
This includes filenames that are both machine-readable and human-readable, also using punctuation to be able to order and group sets of files.
Although we use examples of how to name files in this RDMbite, this information can also be used to name directories and folders.

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Contact: contact@elixir-uk.org

Keywords: Data management

Resource type: Video

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In this RDMbite I will show you how to name your files so that they can be read and interpreted by yourself and others.
This includes filenames that are both machine-readable and human-readable, also using punctuation to be able to order and group sets of files.
Although we use examples of how to name files in this RDMbite, this information can also be used to name directories and folders.

Authors: Sara Morsy

Contributors: Munazah Andrabi