From 249ee69d14a6ad8a5594708e28ac83d257ae9b3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austen Sharpe <49878195+aesharpe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 17:10:57 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add boolean column naming standard to naming_conventions doc
 (#3998)

---
 docs/dev/naming_conventions.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/dev/naming_conventions.rst b/docs/dev/naming_conventions.rst
index b52c4a0447..256ce5477d 100644
--- a/docs/dev/naming_conventions.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/naming_conventions.rst
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ quantities are actually different.
 * Regardless of what label utilities are given in the original data source
   (e.g. ``operator`` in EIA or ``respondent`` in FERC) we refer to them as
   ``utilities`` in PUDL.
+* Include verb prefixes (e.g.: ``is_{x}``, ``has_{x}``, or ``served_{x}``)
+  to boolean columns to highlight their binary nature. (Not all columns in
+  the PUDL database follow this standard, but we'd like them to moving
+  forward).
 
 Naming Conventions in Code
 --------------------------