incongruent vs inconsistent vs nonconforming

I am wondering which term would be the proper one to describe the problem.
We have data sets that are named according to a certain naming convention. What should I call those names that don’t follow this convention by, for example, having a dash instead of an underscore, extra characters, etc.?
I feel like incongruent is more of an abstract term describing behavior for example. Are the names then inconsistent, nonconforming? Or is there another adjective to better describe it?

Answer

Nonconforming would work for me. But if everyone involved was aware of the naming conventions and didn’t follow it, you could use noncompliant.

Here’s how the California State Controller defines noncompliant on its website: “The public employer filed a compensation report that was incomplete, was in a format different than the one requested by the State Controller’s Office, or was submitted after the reporting deadline and is currently in the review process.

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