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Title: BNL Archive and Dissemination System. [For accessing data files constructed at separate places and times]

Abstract

The Brookhaven National Laboratory Archive and Dissemination System (BNLADS) is designed to deal with the record keeping associated with archiving and disseminating sequential files through a computer network. This data base management system (DBMS) is implemented in a host language that is a subset of PL/I. The stored sequential files that can be dealt with by the BNLADS must be in character mode (ASCII, BCD, EBCDIC). The accessing of fields is specified by a format description which allows for forward processing of fields only. The structure of a case type statement allows for a data field determining a format sequence from a set of format sequences. A data description language (DDL) was devised to describe the accessing sequence of stored sequential files. A data model definition gives the user a view of the content of each stored sequential file. The DDL requires all field type references to contain the field name, so that the BNLADS can access all stored sequential files by logical field name and can write stored sequential files by stating the logical field name without the necessity of referring to formats. The BNLADS is architected in a stratified form in which the application programs are built onmore » the accessing procedures. Below this level, the procedures become dependent upon the compiler implementation of the host language PL/I and the operating system. In this manner, BNLADS can be used on most manufacturer's hardware and exhibits the desired property of data independence. 5 figures.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
7103052
Report Number(s):
BNL-22424; CONF-770805-1
DOE Contract Number:  
EY-76-C-02-0016
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: SIGMOD international conference on management data, Toronto, Canada, 3 Aug 1977
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; BNL; COMPUTER CODES; COMPUTERS; DATA PROCESSING; MAGNETIC TAPES; MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICES; MEMORY DEVICES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROCESSING; US AEC; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; 990300* - Information Handling; 990200 - Mathematics & Computers

Citation Formats

Abbey, S, Fuchel, K, Heller, J, Lin, K S, and Osterer, L. BNL Archive and Dissemination System. [For accessing data files constructed at separate places and times]. United States: N. p., 1977. Web.
Abbey, S, Fuchel, K, Heller, J, Lin, K S, & Osterer, L. BNL Archive and Dissemination System. [For accessing data files constructed at separate places and times]. United States.
Abbey, S, Fuchel, K, Heller, J, Lin, K S, and Osterer, L. 1977. "BNL Archive and Dissemination System. [For accessing data files constructed at separate places and times]". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7103052.
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title = {BNL Archive and Dissemination System. [For accessing data files constructed at separate places and times]},
author = {Abbey, S and Fuchel, K and Heller, J and Lin, K S and Osterer, L},
abstractNote = {The Brookhaven National Laboratory Archive and Dissemination System (BNLADS) is designed to deal with the record keeping associated with archiving and disseminating sequential files through a computer network. This data base management system (DBMS) is implemented in a host language that is a subset of PL/I. The stored sequential files that can be dealt with by the BNLADS must be in character mode (ASCII, BCD, EBCDIC). The accessing of fields is specified by a format description which allows for forward processing of fields only. The structure of a case type statement allows for a data field determining a format sequence from a set of format sequences. A data description language (DDL) was devised to describe the accessing sequence of stored sequential files. A data model definition gives the user a view of the content of each stored sequential file. The DDL requires all field type references to contain the field name, so that the BNLADS can access all stored sequential files by logical field name and can write stored sequential files by stating the logical field name without the necessity of referring to formats. The BNLADS is architected in a stratified form in which the application programs are built on the accessing procedures. Below this level, the procedures become dependent upon the compiler implementation of the host language PL/I and the operating system. In this manner, BNLADS can be used on most manufacturer's hardware and exhibits the desired property of data independence. 5 figures.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1977},
month = {Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1977}
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