Facilitating information transfer in the Eos era

Author

Billingsley, Frederic C. ; Johnson, John ; Greenberg, Edward ; Macmedan, Merv

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

27

Issue

2

fYear

1989

fDate

3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

117

Lastpage

124

Abstract

A simple interactive demonstration program has been written in C to allow a user to input data field descriptions as label format. This program generates a full RECFMT (record format) description and the complete transfer syntax description notation (TSDN) file. It is intended that this program be upgraded to operational quality and be made available to users to simplify the description and TSDN file construction task. The total set of capabilities, from the standard formatted data unit packaging of related files and consistent segment structures, through the type definition techniques and the call server, will constitute a unique tool for the systematic transfer of data. This software on each end may be independent, one end from the other. With it available, local software that will be needed to convert user files to and from the canonical interface will be appreciably simplified

Keywords

electronic data interchange; file organisation; C language; Earth observing system; Eos; RECFMT; call server; canonical interface; data field descriptions; data input; data transfer; file construction; file organisation; information transfer; label format; record format; remote sensing; transfer syntax description notation; type definition; user files; Data structures; Data systems; Earth Observing System; Helium; Information systems; NASA; Object oriented programming; Propulsion; Senior members; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.20288

Filename

20288