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What is a Technical Name?

Technical names are used by groups and entries. They have to follow a specific pattern, so Collingo is able to generate translation files. It is called Snake case:

  • It is a word (may consist of multiple) without separations like spaces or dashes
  • It starts with a lower case letter
  • The other letters can be upper case or digits
  • It should be between 1 and 32 characters

Examples are:

  • homePage
  • pages
  • year2026
  • signUpPage

Negative examples are:

  • 2025
  • Pages
  • Home Page
  • home-page

This is only for the technical aspect of the entity. There are also Fields for “human readable” Terms, like “Display Name” in groups and “Base Term” in Entries.