KCMS Application Developer's Guide

KCMS Naming Conventions

The KCMS "C" API naming conventions shown in Table P-2 are used throughout the KCMS framework and this guide.

Table P-2 API Naming Conventions


Item	Convention	Examples
Attribute names	ICC profile format attribute names begin with "`ic`"--`ic`<`AttributeName`>	`icHeader`
Data structures Typedefs Constants	ICC profile format data structures begin with "`ic`". All other data structures, typedefs, and constants are KCMS specific and begin with "`Kcs`"--`Kcs`<`TypeDefName`>	`icTextDescription` `KcsCalibrationData`
Functions	Each significant word in a function name is capitalized. Intervening spaces are removed--`Kcs`<`FunctionName`>()	`KcsConnectProfiles()`
Macros	Macros are KCMS specific and are capitalized--`KCS_`<`MACRO_NAME`>	`KCS_DEFAULT_ATTRIB_COUNT`
Status codes	All status codes are capitalized and have the format `KCS_`<`STATUS_CODE`>	`KCS_PROF_ID_BAD`

Note -

Historically KCMS was referred to by the abbreviation KCS (or Kcs). This abbreviation has been carried forward as the prefix in KCMS data type names, for example, KcsCalibrationData.