Ename

Ename is a term that can refer to more than one place or concept, depending on the context. In geography, Ename denotes a village in East Flanders, Belgium, part of the municipality of Oudenaarde. The village sits in a historically significant landscape and is associated with archaeological and medieval heritage, including a site and visitor facilities that document regional history.

In computing and information systems, ename is sometimes used as shorthand for an expanded or encoded name. An EName (expanded name) is a name token that couples a namespace identifier with a local portion, enabling names to be unique across different domains. Various standards and software libraries use this notion to represent qualified names in XML-inspired models, databases, or metadata schemas. The exact formalism of an EName can vary by specification, but the underlying idea is to separate the namespace from the local part to avoid conflicts.

The term ename has no single, universal definition in everyday use, and it is not a common personal name or widely used brand. When encountered, its meaning is usually inferred from the surrounding technical or geographic context. See also related concepts such as expanded names, namespace, and qualified names in data modeling.