File Name Generator
The name of a file can contain several parts, which describe the content of the file with meta data. You can enter your meta data in the following fields, check if you like to have it in your file name and rearrange the parts for the order of the output.
This can be the date of creation, editing or publication of the file.
This can be an institution or a working group inside an organization.
This can be the person who wrote the document or edited it most recently.
This can be structural information, e.g. if the file is a note, poster or flyer.
This is the official title of the document or a short form or abrevation.
This can be a (numeric) state or version (e.g. release, submission).
- Date
- Organization
- Author
- Category
- Title
- Version
Each field will be joined in the generated name with the choosen character.
Maybe two fields should not be joined with a character (e.g. "authorYY_title"). The position of the join exception can be selected.
File Name Converter
Do you already have a file name with with the proper elements and structure which does not follow technical naming conventions? Simply copy the name in the first field and convert it!
The new name follows the technical naming conventions for files as listed below.
List of technical conventions and restrictions
There are many naming conventions and technical restrictions for file names, which make it easier for humans, systems and programs to read and understand the contents. These include:
- no special signs (e.g., * . ” / \ [ ] : ; | = , < ? > & $ # ! ‘( ) { })
- no "Umlaut" marks or similar signs, transforming to a substitute (e.g. ä -> ae, ß -> ss, é -> e)
- underscores instead of spaces
- maximum length (with pathname) of 256 characters
- standard formats (e.g. timestamp with YYYYMMDD)
Bad File Naming
source: https://xkcd.com/1459/
Bad Organization
source: https://xkcd.com/1360/
File Formats
source: https://xkcd.com/1301/