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Normalisering af alle 39 custom knowledge-filer til READ-kontraktens skema (validate_frontmatter.py + Test-KnowledgeIndex.ps1 begge groenne): - R01/R02: 28 filer manglede frontmatter eller brugte aeldre skemaer (title/category/severity/rule-id m.fl.) - alle har nu praecis de 6 kraevede noegler; keywords haandskrevet pr. fil da de driver worklist-selektionen i INDEX/knowledge-index - R09: manglende Description-sektion - regel-agtige foersteoverskrifter (Core Rule/Rule/Regel/Core Principle) omdoebt, eller sektion indsat efter titlen hvor intro-tekst fandtes - R10: fenced code blocks konverteret til 4-space indrykkede blokke i alle filer (indhold uaendret) - R11: 4 filer over 100 linjer fortaettet redaktionelt uden semantisk tab (ai-eval-scores 143->100, git-lifecycle 121->97, permission-sets 113->99, test-feature-scenario-tags 105->91) - R05: AL0197->al0197, add_repo->add-repo; keyword-lister trimmet til maks 10 Ingen regler er fjernet eller aendret i betydning - kun form. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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bc-version: [all]
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domain: architecture
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keywords: [identifiers, naming, english, captions, translation]
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technologies: [al]
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countries: [w1]
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application-area: [all]
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---
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# AL Naming Convention: English Identifiers Only
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## Description
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All AL identifiers must be written in English, regardless of the developer's native language. "Translations are handled separately via XLIFF files — never by writing Danish, German or other language identifiers in AL source code."
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## What This Covers
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The rule applies to:
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- Variable and procedure names
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- Parameter and field names
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- Object identifiers (tables, codeunits, pages, enums, reports)
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- Enum value names
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- Label identifiers and default text
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Captions and ToolTips may use target language in source files but require XLIFF translations for supported locales.
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## Practical Example
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**Wrong approach:** Using Danish identifiers like `Beløb` (amount) or `BeregnTotalbeløb` (calculate total amount)
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**Correct approach:** Write `Amount: Decimal` and `CalculateTotalAmount()` in code, with Danish translations managed separately through XLIFF configuration files.
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## Developer Conversation Handling
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When developers describe requirements in their native language—such as "opret en variabel til beløbet"—the agent translates the *intent* into English identifiers (`Amount: Decimal`) rather than transliterating the original words directly into code.
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This separation ensures source code remains universally readable while localization remains flexible and maintainable.
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## BCApps Reference
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The entire BCApps codebase — maintained by Microsoft engineers across many nationalities, including Danes — uses exclusively English identifiers without exception. Across hundreds of thousands of lines of AL, no native-language identifiers appear anywhere in the source.
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- **Source:** https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps
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- **Pattern:** Every variable, procedure, field, and object name in BCApps is English. All localization is handled via caption properties and XLIFF files — never by changing identifier names.
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- **Why this matters:** BCApps is a multi-contributor open source project. Non-English identifiers would make the code unreadable to international contributors — the same argument applies to any CURABIS PTE shared across teams.
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