== Format Standards ==

See the SAP format specification https://asap.sourceforge.net/sap-format.html for the available tags and their technical specification.

== Title and Filename Standards (NAME Tag) ==

1. The words "A, An, And, As, By, From, For, In, Of, On, Or, The, To" shall be lowercase in filenames and NAME tags.\\
   Exception: The filename begins with such a word.

2. The apostrophe should be omitted in filenames.\\
   Example: "Don't Worry Be Happy" -> filename "Dont_Worry_Be_Happy.sap"\\
   Example: "I'm in Love" -> filename "Im_in_Love.sap"

3. Omit articles where they are the first word of the title. ('''pg''')\\
   Example: "The_Nutty_Professor.sap" -> "Nutty_Professor.sap"\\
   Note:  This is practiced, but not very consistently.[[BR]]\\

== Author Standards (AUTHOR Tag) ==

1. Use full names, separated by "&" ('''pfusik''')\\
   Example: "Jan & David Spilka" -> "Jan Spilka & David Spilka" ?\\
   Reason: Normally, the value of the "AUTHOR" tag is shown to the user without further processing. Exceptions are the ASMA web player and the Windows Explorer plugins, which split authors on " & ", so it will show two authors: "Jan" and "David Spilka".

2. Avoid diminutives ('''pfusik''')\\
   Examples: "Johnny" -> "John", "Maciek Szczesniak" -> "Maciej Szcześniak", "Slawek Sledz" -> "Sławomir Śledź"

3. Use "<?> (nickname)" if the real name is unknown ('''pfusik''')\\
   Example: AUTHOR "null1024" -> AUTHOR "<?> (null1024)"

== Date Standards (DATE Tag) ==

1. Use DD/MM/YYYY (preferred), DD-DD/MM/YYYY, MM/YYYY, MM-MM/YYYY, YYYY, YYYY-YYYY ) ('''pfusik''')\\
   It is possible to replace the last digits with question marks when they are unknown.