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Meaningful filenames

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To be understandable we need to be able to use full words where appropriate.
To be computer readable we need to seperate separate the parts in a way which a script can easily recognise and, more importantly, in a way which would never occur in real language. So it would be no good to mark a ''name'' section with the word ''name'' if we also can use the word name somewhere in the file where it is not meant to be a marker.
To be simple enough to remember the system should not be too complicated, after all Gramps is meant to store the real information, this is just a supplement.
= Gramps ID based =
{{man note|This is another attempt by [[User:Duncan|Duncan Lithgow]] to find a good system. It is not finshed finished so feel free to add comments and correct any obvious mistakes.}}
Here's the records we'll use as examples. They involve Mary Agnes Williams (daughter of John Williams and Anna Matthews). She married Anders Sørensen (son of Anders Sørensen and Anna ?) and they had a daughter Anna Sorensen, note the spelling change.

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