# Organization name and domain changed from NA-MIC to Slicer

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/organization-name-and-domain-changed-from-na-mic-to-slicer/28173>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [March 4, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/organization-name-and-domain-changed-from-na-mic-to-slicer/28173 "2023-03-04T19:59:18Z")\
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Following the discussion below, the 3D Slicer application has updated the `Slicer_ORGANIZATION_NAME` from “NA-MIC” to “Slicer” and `Slicer_ORGANIZATION_DOMAIN` from `www.na-mic.org` to `www.slicer.org`. At the time of this change, 3D Slicer is developed primarily by the Slicer community rather than the NA-MIC community. Distribution of 3D Slicer is hosted at [www.slicer.org](https://www.slicer.org/) rather than at [www.na-mic.org](https://www.na-mic.org/).

> [@Inconsistency between organization name used for settings files and for macOS bundle identifier](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/inconsistency-between-organization-name-used-for-settings-files-and-for-macos-bundle-identifier/26547):
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> There are inconsistencies between the organization associated with the [settings file location](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/5.2/user_guide/settings.html#settings-file-location) and the value set as macOS bundle identifier. Settings file location macOS bundle identifier [image] [image] These correspond to the default values associated with the following variables: CMake variable Default value Slicer\_ORGANIZATION\_NAME NA-MIC[[1]](#footnote-86990-1) Slicer\_ORGANIZATION\_DOMAIN www.na-mic.org [[2]](#footnote-86990-2) Slicer\_MACOSX\_BUNDLE\_GUI\_IDENTIFIER org.slicer.slicer[[3]](#footnote-86990-3) Question: Should we up…

This change does not mark an end to the NA-MIC relationship with 3D Slicer, but this change improves consistency of the application to identify its latest releases as being developed and published by the Slicer community.

Slicer settings will now be under a Slicer directory location rather than NA-MIC. Please review the [Settings File Location documentation](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/settings.html#settings-file-location) for details about the settings location on various platforms.

- Developers, you may need to update any scripts that you may have that include a NA-MIC reference to a filepath.
- Existing settings files in the NA-MIC location are not currently planned to be migrated over to the new location. See the [discussion](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/6750#issuecomment-14451661730) about this topic for more details.

Migration guide comment about this change:  
[https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Developers/Tutorials/MigrationGuide/Slicer#Slicer\_5.3:\_Organization\_name\_and\_domain\_changed\_from\_NA-MIC\_to\_Slicer](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Developers/Tutorials/MigrationGuide/Slicer#Slicer_5.3:_Organization_name_and_domain_changed_from_NA-MIC_to_Slicer)