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nexusformat · Jun 30, 2017 · d1ac987 · d1ac987
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diff --git a/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml b/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 	<attribute name="AXISNAME_indices">
 		<!-- 
 			nxdl.xsd rules do not allow us to show this as a variable name 
-			- we'll use ALL CAPS 
+			- we'll use ALL CAPS (see #562)
 		-->
 		<!-- AXISNAME_indices documentation copied from datarules.rst -->
 		<doc>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 		    *dimension scale* to identify
 		    with an integer the axis whose value is the number of the dimension.
 	</doc>
-	<field name="variable" type="NX_NUMBER">
+	<field name="VARIABLE" type="NX_NUMBER" nameType="any">
 		<doc>
 	 		Dimension scale defining an axis of the data.
 	 		Client is responsible for defining the dimensions of the data.
@@ -265,12 +265,12 @@
 			</doc>
 		</attribute>
 	</field>
-	<field name="variable_errors" type="NX_NUMBER">
+	<field name="VARIABLE_errors" type="NX_NUMBER" nameType="any">
 		<doc>
-			Errors (uncertainties) associated with axis ``variable``.
+			Errors (uncertainties) associated with axis ``VARIABLE``.
 			Client is responsible for defining the dimensions of the data.
 			The name of this field may be changed to fit the circumstances 
-			but is matched with the *variable*
+			but is matched with the *VARIABLE*
 			field with ``_errors`` appended.
 		</doc>
 		<dimensions rank="1">
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
 			<dim index="1" value="n"/>
 		</dimensions>
 	</field>
-	<field name="data" type="NX_NUMBER">
+	<field name="DATA" type="NX_NUMBER" nameType="any">
 		<doc>
 			.. index:: plotting
 

diff --git a/manual/source/defs_intro.rst b/manual/source/defs_intro.rst
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ In such instances, the *value shown in parentheses* in the
 group by removing the "NX" prefix.
 See :ref:`NXentry` for examples.
 
+.. index:: flexible name
+
+When the name is allowed to be *flexible* (the exact name given
+by this NXDL specification is not required but is set
+at the time the HDF file is written), the flexible
+part of the name will be written in all capital letters.
+For example, in the :ref:`NXdata` group, the ``DATA``,
+``VARIABLE``, and ``VARIABLE_errors`` fields are *flexible*.
+
 NeXus data type
 ===============