Naming of nodes and their synonyms

The naming of nodes is very important as it gives the end user the best route into a piece of information. During the creation of a node the following conventions should be observed:

• proper nouns are given a capital letter.
• abbreviations shouldn't be used as the original title of the node - they can be included in the synonyms. When included they are usually in capital letters.
• other nodes shouldn't be named with capital letters.
• with drugs the generic name should form the true title. In certain cases - such as Frumil (R) this is not possible, but it usually is. The trade names of the drug can then be included as synonyms, and should be written with a capital letter at the start, and we are introducing the use of the R in brackets afterwards to remind people that this is not a generic name.

Probably the best thing to do is to think what the end user will see when they search for an item, as well as what they may look for instead of the name you have used. It isn't good enough simply to assume that your way of referencing the information is the only and best way - the multiple accessing is an important strength. Witness the irritation when they look in a textbook index for a condition, to be told that they must look elsewhere in the index for their term. We aim to avoid this.