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USPTO Enterprise Workstation Naming convention
Naming convention for all workstation objects in Active Directory will be categorized into seven sections: sections 1-5 comprise the enterprise standard configuration for the first seven characters and section 6 -7 outlines the remaining characters unique identifier and replacement count.
| ID |
| CHARACTER POSITION |
| DESIGNATION |
| DESCRIPTION/EXPLANATION |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| Baseline |
| Patents, Trademark or Enterprise image |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| User Identifier |
| One character that identifies whether it’s a Fed, Contractor, or Travel computer |
| 3 |
| 3-4 |
| Business Unit |
| Identifies the “root” business unit |
| 4 |
| 5 |
| Classification |
| One character to describe the classification (laptop, desktop, virtual, physical, hoteling, etc…) |
| 5 |
| 6-7 |
| Location ID |
| Two characters to identify the physical location (AL, DA, SH, etc…) |
| 6 |
| 8-11 |
| Unique ID |
| Unique number identifier |
| 7 |
| 12 |
| Swap Count |
| Increments from A – M based on number of swaps |
1. Baseline Identifier (position 1) Classification ID (Char 1)
2. User Identifier (position 2) Classification ID (Char 1)
3. Organization Identifiers (position 3-4) Business Unit (Char 2)
| US |
| Under Secretary (US, OPIA, OCCO) |
4. Classification Identifier (position 5) Classification ID (Char 1)
| C |
| CFE (Contractor Furnished Equipment) |
5. Location Identifier (position 6-7)
Location ID (Char 2)
6. Unique Identifier (position 8-11) Numbers will be reused dependent on position 1-7 identifiers.
Unique ID (Char 4)
| 0001-9999 |
| Unique number identifier |
Unique identifier is based on positions 1-7 and consecutive numbers must be used. Example: 3 federal employees in OCIO. Two in Alexandria and one in Shirlington: First two would be EGCILAL0001A & EGCILAL0002A. The last being EGCILSH0001A. Note that the unique identifier starts at 0001 again.
Active Directory must be used as the authoritative source for naming to ensure no duplicates names are used.
7. Unique Identifier (position 12) Unique ID (Char 1)
| A – M |
| Swap/replacement increment |