Panel D report: Standards needed to interconnect ADS pilots for data sharing in data formats and descriptions

Data exchange specifications and standards needed to facilitate the interchange of information between three pilot modes in an Applications Data Service program are addressed. In designing standards, the following considerations were considered important: (1) accessible, understandable Data Base Management Systems (DBMS) catalogs, (2) formatting conventions, (3) archival data records and data descriptions formats, (4) standardized terminology, and (5) optimization of data formats by individual DBMS.