Tosec Naming Convention (2008-07-20) - Single Image Sets
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 - Category: TNC
 - Published: 29 July 2009
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Single Image Sets
Almost all sets are single image sets and  so this is the standard used in most of the images cataloged by TOSEC members,  the exception to this are the multi image sets like compilations, etc., which  use the same or a very similar scheme for the name of each image within the  compilation, with some extra properties to distinguish the various images.
 To be TNC complaint a Set must follow a  well defined number of rules describing the image, currently the fields used in  TNC are: title, version, demo, year, publisher, system, video, country,  language, copyright status, development status, media type, media label, a  group of dump info flags (cracked, fixed, hacked…), and finally the more info  flag.
 The format should look like this example:
• Title version (demo) (Year)(Publisher)(System)(Video)(Country)(Language)(Copyright status)(Development status)(Media Type)(Media Label)[Dump info flags][more info]
With dump info flags relative to image  modifications being ordered alphabetically first (cracked, fixed, hacked, modified, pirated, trained, translated) followed by the ones related with information about the  dump process in the following order: overdump, underdump, virus, baddump, alternate, gooddump (!).
 So if a set had all dump flags it would  look like:
• Title version (demo) (Year)(Publisher)(System)(Video)(Country)(Language)(Copyright)(Devstatus)(Media Type)(Media Label)[cr][f][h][m][p][t][tr][o][u][v][b][a][!][more info]
Although you should note that obviously no  set can have all flags at the same time because some of them are incompatible  with others (e.g. you can’t have a  set marked as [o] and [u]at the same time, or [cr] and [!] etc.)
 A final note that all flags used to  classify the image are separated either with ( ) or [ ] for dump info flags and  more info, also the fields marked with mandatory in the next chapters are required for the minimum use of TNC in renaming a file.
 All entries marked "mandatory" are required for the minimum use of TNC in renaming a file, entries  contained in parentheses "( )" or square brackets "[ ]" are  flags used for classifying the image.
• Note: "Title (Year)(Publisher)" is the bare minimum required for a renamed image.
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