Borealis

File Naming

File names should be consistent across all data files in your Dataset. Generally, the file name should be machine readable and human readable. The following resource has suggestions for how to name you files according to these criteria:

• File Naming Guide

  From Public UBC RDM Documents.

File Types

Proprietary file formats require specific software provided by one vendor to use. While some data files may need to be in proprietary formats, non-proprietary or open formats are freely available for anyone to use, and easier to digitally preserve in the long term.¹

Resources for sustainable file formats:

• File Formats Guide

  From Public UBC RDM Documents.

• Recommended Formats

  A list of recommended file formats for different types of files.

1. Hu and Barsky. 2022. File Formats Guide. UBC Library. https://osf.io/ena5p

Credit for this Borealis Data Repository Guide goes to Thompson Rivers University. Gratefully reused with permission.