The GCV naming convention addresses the different types of GCVs, the different purposes of the GCVs, and the scopes of the GCVs.
[<purpose/scope>.]<group>.[<subgroup>.]<name>
Purpose/Scope: The prefix idv (Identity Value) is used with the driver set GCVs. Driver-specific values are drv or driver.
Group: Groups GCVs that belong together. Examples for groups could be communications, notification, logging, or security.
Subgroup: Form subgroups within groups, such as smtp or snmp.
Name: Descriptive name for the GCV.
For example:
idv.notification.smtp.ip idv.notification.smtp.user idv.notification.smtp.pwd idv.notification.snmp.ip idv.dit.data.locations idv.dit.system.rbs driver.samba.server