# Choosing group names for configuration options

Applications should use a meaningful name without a prefix. For Oslo libraries, when naming groups for configuration options using the name of the library itself instead of a descriptive name to help avoid collisions. If the library name is namespaced then use ‘_’ as a separator in the group name.

For example, the `oslo.log` library should use `oslo_log` as the group name.

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