headernavn

Headernavn is a term used in technical documentation and software development to denote the label assigned to a header in a data presentation or protocol. The word is a compound of the English word header and the Norwegian navn, meaning name. In practice, headernavn serves as the human-readable label associated with a header, such as a column title, a field name, or a section heading.

Contexts and applications include spreadsheets and CSV files, databases and data models, content management systems, and web interfaces. In these settings, headernavn represents the display label shown to users, while the underlying data keys or codes may differ. It is often used in documentation and templates to indicate where a header name should be provided, and it can be localized to support multilingual interfaces.

Considerations for choosing a headernavn emphasize clarity and accessibility. A good headernavn is concise, descriptive, and relevant to the data it labels. It is typically written in the language of the user and may be paired with corresponding machine-readable identifiers or data keys for processing by software.

Examples of usage include defining a headernavn for a column in a report, such as headernavn = "Date of Submission" or headernavn = "User Identifier". In practice, the same dataset may use different machine identifiers for processing while presenting headernavn to end users.

See also: header, column header, field label, data dictionary, user interface labeling.