# Short target names and exports
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/short-target-names-and-exports/2107
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [November 2, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/short-target-names-and-exports/2107 "2020-11-02T10:56:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@eiband](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/eiband)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/short-target-names-and-exports/2107/1 "2020-11-02T10:56:04Z")
Is it okay to use short target names such as “base” in libraries as long as they are unique to the library? The imported targets are made unique with a namespace prefix, e.g. `Prefix::base`.
Background: Target names could be made more unique by also prepending the prefix, e.g. `prefix-base`, however when using `install(TARGETS prefix-base)` together with `install(EXPORT NAMESPACE Prefix::)` I end up with the imported target name `Prefix::prefix-base`. I would prefer the name `Prefix::base`.
The generic name “base” on the other hand makes collisions with other projects likely when added as subdirectory. Is there another way to realize the imported target name `Prefix::base` in my CMake package while keeping my target name `prefix-base`?
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### Author:  [@craig.scott](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/craig.scott)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/short-target-names-and-exports/2107/2 "2020-11-02T19:24:30Z")
You probably want the [`EXPORT_NAME`](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/prop_tgt/EXPORT_NAME.html) target property.
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### Author:  [@eiband](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/eiband)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/short-target-names-and-exports/2107/3 "2020-11-02T19:45:11Z")
There is a property for everything 🙂 Thanks a lot, this is exactly what I was looking for.