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The following table shows the criteria for valid names of the different items in the VC/m system:

Item	Valid Characters	Maximum Length	Case Sensitive?
Object base	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters, except / and *	60 in combination with variant code and version number	Yes
Variant code	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters, except / and *	See above	Yes
Version number	Numeric only	See above	N/A
Component Name	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters	200	Yes
Change request code	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters	30	Yes
Change request type	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters	16	Yes
Change request status	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters	15	Yes
Location code	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters	40	Yes
Physical location code	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters	45	Yes
Location class	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters	30	Yes
System	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters	30	Yes
Function code	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters	30	Yes
Module name	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters	8	Yes
User ID	Any letters, numbers and punctuation characters	30	Partially
Access code	Uppercase letters and numbers	200 per user in combination with other access codes	No