The name statement is used within a definition to assign a short identifying string to the definition. This statement is required for all definitions in the MIF file, and only one name statement is allowed for each definition. The MIF does not require that name statements be unique, with the exception of those used in enumeration and path definitions. The name statements in these two cases must be unique among those specified in other enumeration and path definitions in the component definition.

The syntax for the name statement is:

name = "name string"

name string is defined by the component developer. The length of the string must be less than 256 characters.

The content of the name statement is usually used for display to a user through a management application, such as the DMI browser. Users can also change the value of this string by editing the MIF file directly.