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Best Practices
This section contains a selection of best practices for the usage of the RDMS. Following these best practices will help to get the most optimal RDMS user experience.
The section will be gradually extended with new usage examples and tips.
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Data Naming
For the optimal usage of the RDMS, it is highly recommended to follow these best practices for naming your files/folders:
- Do not use special characters (e.g.
$%^*&#=!
) in your file/folder names. - Do not use periods (
.
) in your file/folder names. - Do not use quote symbols (
'
or“
) in your file/folder names. - Prefer usage of underscore (
_
) or hyphen (-
) instead of white spaces in file/folder names.
Example of a folder structure with good naming:
$ itree project_name project_name analytical_data machine_01 20231223_analysis.ext 20240111_analysis.ext 20240325_analysis.ext machine_02 20230222_analysis.ext 20230710_analysis.ext 20240109_analysis.ext machine_03 20231020_analysis.ext 20231120_analysis.ext 20231212_analysis.ext manuscripts publication_v01.odt
Example of a folder structure with wrong/difficult naming:
$ itree "Project with XXX and YYY" Project with XXX and YYY analytical_data analytical devices @ building 1 experiment 100% scan rate.ext experiment 74% scan rate.ext experiment 80% scan rate.ext analytical devices @ building 2 Experiment 01 by user.name@rug.nl.ext Experiment 02 by user.name@rug.nl.ext Experiment 03 by user.name@rug.nl.ext analytical devices @ building 3 $1-100%.ext Versuch #1.ext Versuch_Öldiffusion_erste_Möglichkeit.ext manuscripts publication.final version.odt