.NET naming convention for “ID” (anything identification: Capitalization)

Question

I am in the process of unifying these inconsistent naming conventions and this one problem has been a bit driving me crazy lately.

In the code base I am working with has

Answer 1

If you would care to check the dictionary, you would find that ID is not treated as an abbreviation. In fact, the form is specified as ID or I.D. there. This is probably because it came from an expression like "Identity Documentation" or "Identification Data", and was not originally taken as a short form of "Identifier". Thus the form ID is not only recommended, but is directly supported by the dictionary.