Tiedostokohtainen

Tiedostokohtainen is a Finnish adjective that means file-specific or per-file. It describes terms, properties, or rights that apply to individual files rather than to a whole collection, folder, or project. The term is commonly used in information technology, software licensing, and data governance to indicate that each file may carry its own separate conditions.

Common contexts for tiedostokohtainen usage include licensing, access rights, and metadata. For example, tiedostokohtainen lisenssi refers to a licensing regime where different files in a repository may have different licenses, and each file must be tagged or headers must reflect its own terms. Tiedostokohtainen käyttöoikeus describes access rights that apply to specific files rather than to an entire dataset or directory. In data management, tiedostokohtainen metadata can indicate that metadata or usage terms vary from file to file.

Advantages of tiedostokohtainen terminology include greater precision and legal clarity when multiple licenses or permissions co-exist within a single collection. Disadvantages include higher administrative overhead and potential complexity in ensuring consistent enforcement and user understanding.

Linguistically, tiedostokohtainen is formed from tiedosto (file) and kohtainen (pertaining to), using the productive Finnish compound-adjective pattern. It is used across technical and legal Finnish discourse to convey per-file specificity rather than per-collection terms.