Re: [sleuthkit-users] Naming Help Needed

[Pasquale R. <pjr...@gm...>]

that information seems to all be different types of "identifiers". Not sure
if you are using that one already. Otherwise details or properties works.

Pasquale

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Keith Wall <kwa...@gm...> wrote:

> I would go with property/properties for both. Artifacts of an artifact is
> confusing. I don't like feature or indicator.
>
> "Details" might not be a bad term as well. These are the fine details
> pertaining to an artifact.
>
> -keith
>
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 8:32 AM, Brian Carrier <ca...@sl...>
> wrote:
>
>> We're about to release the first version of a new database that Autopsy
>> can use to support various analytical features and we're having trouble
>> with terms and naming.  So, we are seeking some more opinions.
>>
>> Question 1) A file has additional data, such as its path and MD5 values.
>> What do you call those?  We've used the terms feature, indicator, artifact,
>> property, etc.  Which makes the most sense to you?
>>
>> Question 2) A web bookmark has additional data, such as dates and URL.
>> What do you call those?  Same as in Q1?
>>
>> To give some more context, we are about to release a new database that
>> can be used to correlate data between cases (or between devices in the same
>> case).  But, we need a name to describe what we are storing, which includes:
>> - MD5 hash of files
>> - path of files
>> - Email addresses
>> - Domain names
>> - Phone numbers
>>
>> For a while, we were referring to these as artifacts, but that got too
>> confusing because we already have a notion of artifacts in Autopsy, which
>> are "bigger" things like web bookmarks and  keyword hits.
>>
>> thanks,
>> brian
>>
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