Naming Standards

Standards are becoming more of a requirement in today’s world. Soon the Internet will conform to a standard. There will be a need to have quick access to that standard. We are developing this site to be this quick access.

There are all sorts of standards, conventions and or guidelines in which we need to adhere to. When it comes to naming something it is important to follow a guideline or standards to allow useful information to be deduced from the names based on regularities. An example would be naming streets, in Manhattan, streets are numbered, with East-West streets being called "Streets" and North-South streets called "Avenues". [source: Wikipedia].

Naming standards helps or aid the casual user in navigating larger structures. These naming standards are commonly used in areas such as computer programming in which identifier naming conventions are used. In Sciences, there are systematic names for variety of things. In classical studies, Roman naming conventions are used. Industries use product naming conventions for example cars would typically have a binomial name, a "make" (manufacturer) and a "model", in addition to a model year. [source: wikipedia].

We also use naming standards when registering business names. In Australia, the Australian Business Register Naming standards assist in providing consistent and accurate information when registering for, or changing details to, an Australian business number (ABN). These standards reflect the level of quality control needed to ensure Australian Business Register (ABR) data remains accurate and access to it timely.[source: abr.gov.au].

In the United States, naming standards were established for the navy for example; Battleships (BB), by law, were named for states and Battlecruisers (CC) under the 1916 program were to receive names of battles or famous ships. [source: Wikipedia]

Naming standards are also use in naming drugs or medications to ensure patient safety. In the United States, the RxNorm vocabulary creates standard names and identifiers for the combinations of ingredients, strengths, and dose forms (such as Aspirin 325 MG Oral Tablet) that exist in drugs marketed in the United States. This is the information doctors typically include when they write a prescription because they often can’t know the specific product that will be used to fill it. All medication products that contain the same active ingredients, the same strengths, and the same dose forms have the same RxNorm standard name. [source: www.nhigov].

Even naming beers have naming standards. Some guidelines includes; Only "vintage" a beer if its listed on the label/bottle or if the recipe changes from year to year. For example, Bigfoot from Sierra Nevada has the year on the bottle cap and make your beer name proper case. For example, "celebration ale", should read "Celebration Ale". [source: untappd.com].