namaste
Namaste is a practice of creating files with specific names in a directory to indicate the purpose and usefulness of the directory’s content. In otherwords it allows us to add metadata about the directory around the concepts of type, who, what, where, and when. “Name as text” has shorthanded by the phrase “namaste”.
Name as text is used in libraries, archives in the context of managing digital collections an preservation. It can easily be “backported” to existing practices and technology where text files in directories occur. This allows for enhancing legacy systems as well as better for future needs.