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Here you can find some information about naming convention and the recomended terminology that is used on ecRxiv.
All indicators are given a unique code:
CO_NAME_XXX
where
CO = two letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) indicator the country that the indicator applies to, or if it applies to multiple countries, the country of the main affiliation for the main author.
NAME = four letter code for the indicator name (usually the first four letters of the full name, e.g. ALIE for the the indicator Alien Species)
XXX = three digit major version number. Major versions include substantial updates to the methodology or data origins behind the indicator. If the same indicator is used more-or-less in the same way for two ecosystem types, version number can also refer to ecosystem type.
Each indicator (each unique indicator ID) will also have its own version number, where 000.001 denotes a dirst draft not ready for wide use, and 001.000 is used for the first operational version. The version number is not part of the indicator ID, and subsequent versions overwrite each other.