# Inheritable Project Naming Convention

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inheritable-project-naming-convention/71052>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [March 14, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inheritable-project-naming-convention/71052 "2023-03-14T20:21:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![David.Reed.Schmidt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@David.Reed.Schmidt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David.Reed.Schmidt)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inheritable-project-naming-convention/71052/1 "2023-03-14T20:21:19Z")

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Hello. What are you naming your inheritable projects. When I name them 'global' this messes with the word 'global' in the python scripting. Do you call your inheritable project 'shared' or any other name? When I work on a gateway for the first time I prefer to have one inheritable project and then my regular projects. Generally are you using the inheritable projects for your work or does it cause more problems then solutions.

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**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inheritable-project-naming-convention/71052/2 "2023-03-14T20:26:19Z")

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I name the project `Global` and the project library `shared`.

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**Author:** ![mcgheeiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mcgheeiv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcgheeiv)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inheritable-project-naming-convention/71052/3 "2023-03-14T20:44:28Z")

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My inheritable project is "zz\_standards", which pushes it to the bottom of the list. In the project, wherever possible, all the items are in folders called "zz\_standards" to make it obvious in other projects where it came from.

This is a takeoff of something I learned nearly 30 years ago. There, the "standards" folder was called "zz\_top", the "zz" moved it to the bottom of the list and the company owner had a favorite band...