Rule 2

Avoid unnecessary repetition and redundancy in file names and file paths

Avoid redundancy in file names and file paths. Unnecessary repetition increases the length of file names and file paths, which is incompatible with rule 1.

Rule 2 Example
	Correct	Incorrect
File name	/.../Court/20041030Minutes.rtf /.../Procedures/Appeals.rtf	/.../Court/20041030CourtMinutes.rtf /.../Procedures/AppealsProcedures.rtf
Explanation	In the first example the folder is called “Court” so it is not necessary to include the word “Court” in the file name because all the records in that folder are Court records. In the second example the folder is called “Procedures” so it is not necessary to include the word “Procedures” in the file name because all the records in that folder are procedure records.

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