Quality Management:Templates/Source Code file header

Source Code file header

We use the file header to ensure that the following meta data always is available:

• When the file was created and by whom.
• When the file was updated, by whom and why.

Each project may define its own format. The following templates are for inspiration:

Examples

WSDL file header:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<definitions name="sds" ....>
    <wsdl:documentation>
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    History
    Version	Date		Author			Description
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    	1	[YYYY/MM/DD]	JCA,VP	                 New file
        2	[YYYY/MM/DD]	JCA, 	                 ...
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Description:
    This is the first Web Service, for the SDS System....
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    All rights reserved: Virtual Team A/S
    </wsdl:documentation>
....

PHP file header:

<?php
/**
* Filename:  fileName.php
* ==============================================================================
* History
* Ver.  Date     Author Description
* ==============================================================================
*  1 [YYYY.MM.DD]  PSA  New file
*  2 [YYYY.MM.DD]  PSA  [Change description]
*
* Description
* ==============================================================================
* [Functionnal description]
*
* [Documentation]
*   
* [TO do list]
*  
*/
...
?>

JavaScript file header:

<script type="text/javascript">
/**
*  [ Not defined yet. See PHP example]
*
*/
</script>

References

• QM:Quality_manual/Procedures/Control_of_documents
• Revision control & Version management

Document History

Version	Date	Author	Status	Purpose of update
1	08 Jun 2012	PSA	Draft	Not released.