Project:Naming Conventions
This page documents the naming conventions used in the project. When in doubt, follow Wikipedia's Manual of Style.
Labels
Labels use sentence case in English (following English grammar rules) and capitalised nouns in German (following German grammar rules).
Item and category labels follow these patterns:
<Begriff>— Student can define the term and describe the concept.Overview of <Begriff>— Student can name, describe, and classify individual parts of the concept.Using <Begriff>— Student can apply the concept in practice.
Examples
| Type | Label | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
A field of research and practice focusing on the interaction between humans and computers. | Human-Computer Interaction
|
| Topic | Conducting an HCI Experiment |
Knowledge and practice in designing, running, and analyzing experiments. | |
| Category | Human-Computer Interaction |
Category: Human-Computer Interaction. |
Sessions
Session labels follow the pattern [Session title], [Abbreviation] [Semester], and aliases follow [Abbreviation] [Semester] - [YYYY-MM-DD] (ISO 8601).
✒️ "The course abbreviation is appended as a suffix so that generic titles like "Introduction and Overview" remain unambiguous across courses."
Label examples:
Introduction and Overview, EIMI 26SSStudies and Experiments, HCI 26SSIntro, ProPä 26SS
Alias examples:
EIMI 26SS - 2026-04-17HCI 26SS - 2026-06-24
The semester is formatted as [YY][SS/WS] (e.g. 26SS, 25WS). Do not use the full course title from the course catalogue as the session title. Mind capitalisation — e.g. LLMs in research, not Llms in research.
Course abbreviations:
| Course | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Propädeutikum | ProPä
|
| Einführung in die Medieninformatik | EIMI
|
| Human-Computer Interaction | HCI
|
| ... | ...
|