Natural language solution to a Tuff problem
A scientific data base, the Tuff Data Base, is being created at Sandia National Laboratories on the Cyber 170/855, using System 2000. It is being developed for use by scientists and engineers investigating the feasibility of locating a high-level radioactive waste repository in tuff (a type of volcanic rock) at Yucca Mountain on and adjacent to the Nevada Test Site. This project, the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) Project, is managed by the Nevada Operations Office of the US Department of Energy. A user-friendly interface, PRIMER, was developed that uses the Self-Contained Facility (SCF) command SUBMIT and System 2000 Natural Language functions and parametric strings that are schema resident. The interface was designed to: (1) allow users, with or without computer experience or keyboard skill, to sporadically access data in the Tuff Data Base; (2) produce retrieval capabilities for the user quickly; and (3) acquaint the users with the data in the Tuff Data Base. This paper gives a brief description of the Tuff Data Base Schema and the interface, PRIMER, which is written in Fortran V. 3 figures.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Spectra Research Inst., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 59519
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-84-0704C; CONF-8404120-1; ON: DE84009491
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Association of system 2000 users for technical exchange conference, Austin, TX (United States), 30 Apr - 4 May 1984; Other Information: PBD: 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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