A name for everything
The standard builds identifiers from the outside in. A space (a hall or a room), a cabinet within it, usually by its floor-grid position, a panel within the cabinet, and a port on the panel.
A cable takes the identifiers of the two ports it joins. Read the label, and you know where the other end is without tracing the cable.
| Element | Example identifier |
|---|---|
| Cabinet (grid position) | DH2.AJ05 |
| Panel in the cabinet | DH2.AJ05-P01 |
| Port on the panel | DH2.AJ05-P01:12 |
| Cable between two ports | DH2.AJ05-P01:12 / DH2.BC11-P03:12 |
The format above is an example. The client's scheme decides the separators and the order; the principle does not change.
On the hall floor
- Labels at both ends of every cable, and on every panel and port.
- Machine-printed, durable labels, never handwritten.
- Printed from the cable schedule, so the label cannot drift from the record.
- Checked during the first panel check, before the rest of the hall is labelled.
One name, three places
The identifier on the label is the name of the test result and the reference on the as-built drawing. When those three agree, a client can pick any link in the hall and check it in seconds. When they do not, the whole pack has to be reconciled by hand, and handover waits.
Questions
Where should a cable label go?
Can we use the client's own scheme?
Why does labelling hold up handover?
GO2DataWorks technical note, updated 18 October 2026. General guidance: your project specification and the standards it names always take precedence.