With respect, I don't find tying my files to a particular software/vendor as similar at all. I share fairly freely with other family researchers, and a tie to my personal software choices just doesn't make logical sense to me. I can buy the rest of your argument to some degree, as I primarily work on a Windows system. However, between PDAs, DropBox and other forms of storage and sharing, I find there are many more reasons to use expressive names than not. And I don't find it takes any more effort.
I do like the idea of the _es code - I have had a need for that. I do not make use of IPTC as much as I know I should. Slowly trying to make that a habit and not something to remind myself of. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:34 PM, JLB <[email protected]> wrote: > I do similarly except using the MRIN at the beginning of the name, then > a date, then a number. > > eg. 0037-1890-01 > > and then _e for edits, or _s for resized, or both _es, es2, etc. > > So, a file-name might look like 0037-1890-01_e.tif > > I don't put any names or other identifying information in the file-names > because it's all in the IPTC, some of which can be seen in Windows > 'Detail View' under various columns or at the bottom of the screen in > Windows 7. Other than that, it's pretty obvious looking at the > thumbnails what the content is. For instance, a census record, marriage > certificate, whatever. > -- James Cook GED Utils, Ancestry Utils http://loosestacks.blogspot.com/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
