#NAMING — Give one identified thing a usable name

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#What this page is

This is generated FPF reference text from the specification preface or supporting sections. It helps interpret FPF; it is not FPF Reference product documentation.

#Methodology

Use it to understand how the specification wants to be read, then return to a route, pattern, or work packet for active work. Cite generated IDs only when the wording changes the task decision.

#Content

• Situation: One already identified thing needs understandable wording; later use may also require a stable, reusable name.
• Question: Does ordinary wording suffice, or which durable name preserves the thing and avoids misleading alternatives?
• First useful result or honest blocker: Sufficient ordinary wording; only when reuse needs a durable settlement, one local NameCard; otherwise the exact missing thing, use, reader group, scheme, sense, or candidate evidence.
• Start with: F.18 when the name must become durable. For one-off wording, keep the ordinary phrase and use the thing's direct pattern only if its meaning is unclear.
• Stop or return: Stop without a card when ordinary wording answers the need; otherwise stop at the local naming settlement. Return when the thing, use, readers, scheme, or likely misunderstanding changes.

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Last Updated: 2026-09-03 — upstream FPF commit b999972c (github.com/ailev/FPF)