Object naming convention

Smart Building Overlay to the RIBA Plan of Work, published by the RIBA in 2024, states in relation to object naming conventions: ‘A naming convention is a convention (generally agreed scheme) for naming things, allowing useful information to be deduced from the names based on regularities. For smart buildings this may include metadata naming and tagging (Haystack, Brick Schema, Digital Building Ontology, etc.) An object naming convention is the agreed naming structure applied to building objects mainly created in the Building Information Model, which can be applied to a wide range of objects (doors, actuators, sensors, etc.). An effective object naming convention is both machine readable and human readable so it can be understood from its physical asset tag, as well as identified in the digital realm as a unique object with its own maintenance and performance history.’

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