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Resource Naming Conventions

Since resources are only names, not real entities, the NCL procedures that use the locking mechanism to control and synchronize their access to different resources must agree on the resource names that they will use. They must also agree that a resource name means the same thing to all procedures. Once the resource names have been agreed, all procedures must use the &LOCK verb to obtain the resource lock to access resources, otherwise protection cannot be guaranteed.

It is very important that you define a naming convention for resource identification. Ideally your naming convention should apply to all product regions within your organization. Alternatively, naming conventions can apply within a given system or within a specific NCL system.