ISDMS (Release 1. 1) (a scientific data management system)

The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Scientific Data Management System (ISDMS) is a generalized scientific data processing system designed to meet the needs of the various user groups at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). This system evolved from the need to consolidate the various data processing activities at the INEL into a common data processing system. This document is intended to serve as an overview of Release 1.1 of ISDMS. Included in this overview are the following: ISDMS historical background, ISDMS design philosophy; ISDMS system description, and ISDMS reference section. The following packages are described in detail: ISDMS environmental library (a collection of relocatable routines), MASTER (interactive/batch executive program), MAGNUM (interactive graphics program), QKPLT (batch graphics program), POST (general plot file post-processor program), FILTER (general digital filter program), COMEDIT (alphanumeric editing program), SEARCH (CWAF file directory and retrieval program), BACKUP/RESTORE (CWAF backup and restore programs), MUX/DEMUX (general data multiplexor/demultiplexor programs), EXPERT (general file manipulation program), WIZARD (general computed parameter program), MERGE (data file copy/merge program), COMSID (CWAF-to-SIDU reformating program), REFORM (general data reformating program), and RELCOM (RELAP4-to-CWAF data reformating program). (RWR)