====== Filename ======

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===== Discussion =====

A **Filename** provides the name used to identify a file within an applicable file-naming context.

A Filename may include a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:f:file_extension|File Extension]], but an extension is not required.

Examples of filenames include:

><code>
report.pdf
model.json
README
LICENSE
Makefile
</code>

The rules governing valid filenames depend on the applicable environment. Such rules may govern permitted characters, reserved names, maximum length, case sensitivity, escaping, quoting, or other naming constraints.

A Filename identifies the file by name. It does not, by itself, identify the location of the file. Location is represented by a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:f:file_path|File Path]] or another applicable location mechanism.

===== Definition =====

//A name assigned to a file within an applicable file-naming context.//

===== Source =====

  * DIDO Solutions

===== Note =====

A Filename may include a File Extension, but a File Extension is not required.

A Filename may require escaping or quoting when represented in a particular logical or physical environment. Such representation rules do not change the conceptual Filename.

===== Example =====

The following are examples of Filenames:

><code>
test-results.json
architecture.svg
README
</code>

In:

><code>
test-results.json
</code>

''test-results.json'' is the Filename and ''json'' is the File Extension.

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