| Description: The formation_rule attribute provides a 'user friendly' instruction for forming values. |
| Namespace Id: pds | Steward: pds | Class Name: ASCII_File_Specification_Name | Type: ASCII_Short_String_Collapsed |
| Minimum Value: None | Maximum Value: None | Minimum Characters: 1 | Maximum Characters: 255 |
| Unit of Measure Type: None | Default Unit Id: None | Attribute Concept: None | Conceptual Domain: Short_String |
| Status: Active | Nillable: false | Pattern: None |
| Permissible Value(s) | Value | Value Meaning |
| | dir1/dir2/file_name.file_extension | The complete path name to the file is given as the sequence of directories traversed between the current working directory and the target directory where each directory name is followed by the forward slash character ("/") plus the file name, which is expressed as a base file name plus a file name extension separated by the ASCII period character ("."). Rules for forming file and directory names are given in the PDS4 Standards Reference section "File and Directory Naming". |