Document Format Considerations for a Document Tracking and Storage System

Abstract

The design and development of the detectors for the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory (SSCL) will be facilitated by a central system to track and store the design documents and drawings. Collaborators and SSCL personnel need a single system that they can access from a terminal on their desks and use to locate and view the latest version of a document. The SSCL Physics Research Division has developed a prototype system to track documents and drawings and to make them accessible via local and wide-area networks. The prototype is being used to refine the requirements and to develop the procedures for a larger system that will be acquired later. The format for storing documents is a major challenge because there is no interoperable standard. This paper discusses the system requirements and architecture, and presents results of research on standards for storing documents.

This work was supported in part by Dr. Tom Kirk and the Argonne National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. W-31-109-ENG-48.

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