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# Naming

Service names must follow the Base Label Format. Where there is variation from that standard or
clarification needed, they are documented below.

## Prefixes

We have removed most of the prefix labels from services as they do not serve the original intended
purpose of isolating in a flat namespace. Each service has its own console and ARNs and they are
distringuished by resource type. The overuse of prefixes turned out to be a bad approach, in hindsight.

These resources still retain a prefix:

| Resource | Prefix | Comments |
|----------|--------|----------|
| IAM Policy | p- | |
| IAM User | u- | Deprecating |
| IAM Group | g- | Deprecating |
| IAM Service Account | s- | Prefer roles |
| IAM Admin user | a- | |
| IAM Role | r- | |
| KMS Key | k-kms- | |
| S3 Bucket | v-s3- | |
| EFS File system | v-efs- | |
| EBS | v-ebs- | Deprecated |
| Security Group | sg- | Deprecating, but part of module |

No new prefixes shall be introduced without discussion with the NTS Chair and Cloud Architect.

## General

* [Account Aliases](account-alias.md)
* [Domain Zone Names](domain-names.md)
* Host Naming (in need of some modernization)
* [TCO Wiki](https://wiki.apps.tco.census.gov/index.php/Networking#Host_Naming)

## Services

* [Elastic Map Reduce](emr.md)
* [IAM](iam.md)
* [IAM Users](iam.md#iam-users)
* [IAM Groups](iam.md#iam-groups)
* [IAM Roles](iam.md#iam-roles)
* [IAM Policies](iam.md#iam-policies)
* [S3](s3.md)
* [SecretsManager](secretsmanager.md)
* [SNS](sns.md)
* [SQS](sqs.md)

### Needs Work

* [EKS](eks.md)
* [Identity Center](identity-center.md)
* [VPC](vpc.md)

# CHANGELOG

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- 1.0.2 -- 2026-03-31
- add secretsmanager

- 1.0.3 -- 2026-07-21
- organized sections
- add prefixes

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