Descriptive Consistency
 
 
- For fast and easy recovery
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- A consistent and logical naming or reference structure is paramount
- This may vary with the type of artifact being stored
 
- Classic storage referencing
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- And especially for electronic searching
 
- Requires that the largest category is shown first
- Followed by progressively smaller detail
 
- For example, dates should be shown
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- Not as September 1st, 2008 (9/1/08)