Nimikkeinä

Nimikkeinä is a Finnish term formed from nimike, meaning a designation, label or title. The form nimikkeinä specifically denotes the idea of “as designations” or “as titles,” and is used to indicate that something can be identified or indexed by multiple labels.

The concept appears primarily in contexts involving classification, indexing and metadata. Nimikkeinä is used when a single object, concept or item has several possible names or labels that can be used for identification, search or cataloging. This can occur in libraries, museums, archives, product catalogs and administrative documents, where alternate or synonymous titles help users locate information or components of a system.

In practice, nimikkeinä helps organize and connect information by listing the various designations associated with an entity. For example, a work might have nimikkeinä both its official title in one language and a translated title, or a product entry might include several common names that users might search for. The term also appears in guidelines and standards that define acceptable labels for indexing and retrieval.

Related terms include nimike (the singular designation or title) and nimikkeistö (a glossary or controlled list of terms). Understanding nimikkeinä supports clearer labeling, improved searchability and more robust information organization across different systems and disciplines.