diff --git a/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp b/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp
index d2c1afe..b6b2e01 100644
--- a/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp
+++ b/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp
@@ -351,6 +351,20 @@
     return *this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Append name component that represented as a string
+   *
+   * Note that this method is necessary to ensure correctness and unambiguity of
+   * ``append("string")`` operations (both Component and Name can be implicitly
+   * converted from string, each having different outcomes
+   */
+  Name& 
+  append(const char *value)
+  {
+    components_.push_back(Component(value));
+    return *this;
+  }
+  
   Name&
   append(const Block &value)
   {
@@ -503,6 +517,15 @@
     components_.push_back(Component::fromNumberWithMarker(version, 0xFD));
     return *this;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Append a component with the encoded version number.
+   * 
+   * This version of the method creates version number based on the current timestamp
+   * @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
+   */  
+  Name& 
+  appendVersion();
   
   /**
    * Check if this name has the same component count and components as the given name.
diff --git a/src/name.cpp b/src/name.cpp
index 44e6039..0a0b0e3 100644
--- a/src/name.cpp
+++ b/src/name.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ndn-cpp/name.hpp>
 #include "c/util/ndn_memory.h"
+#include "c/util/time.h"
 
 #include "util/string-helper.hpp"
 
@@ -169,6 +170,13 @@
   return *this;
 }
 
+Name& 
+Name::appendVersion()
+{
+  appendVersion(ndn_getNowMilliseconds());
+  return *this;
+}
+
 Name
 Name::getSubName(size_t iStartComponent, size_t nComponents) const
 {