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     Software Version Description

     for

     Text Database API

     Revision: B

     Version: 0.03

     Date: 2003/06/13

     Prepared for: General Public 

     Prepared by:  SoftwareDiamonds.com E<lt>support@SoftwareDiamonds.comE<gt>

     Copyright: copyright © 2003 Software Diamonds

     Classification: NONE

1.0 SCOPE
    This paragraph identifies and provides an overview of the released
    files.

  1.1 Indentification

    This release is a collection of Perl modules that extend the
    capabilities of the Perl language.

  1.2 System overview

    The system is the Perl programming language software. The system does
    not have any hardware. The Perl programming language contains two
    features that are utilized by this release:

    1   Program Modules to extend the languages

    2   Plain Old Documentation (POD) that may be embedded in the language

    These features are established by the referenced documents.

    DataPort accesses different types of data sources in different formats
    and streams them to a stanadard pure Perl API.

    The feature data source is the text base FormDB. The FormDB data source
    has improve flexiability and performance over other text base formats
    such as the Comma Separated Variable (CSV) format.

    The DataPort::FileType::FormDB module is an integral part of the US DOD
    SDT2167A bundle of modules. The data used by Test::STDmaker and
    ExtUtils::SVDmaker are stored in this format.

    The dependency of the program modules in the US DOD STD2167A bundle is
    as follows:

     Test::TestUtil
         Test::Tester
            DataPort::FormDB
                Test::STDmaker ExtUtils::SVDmaker

  1.3 Document overview.

    This document releases DataPort::FormDB version 0.03 providing
    description of the inventory, installation instructions and other
    information necessary to utilize and track this release.

3.0 VERSION DESCRIPTION
    All file specifications in this SVD use the Unix operating system file
    specification.

  3.1 Inventory of materials released.

  3.1.1 Files.

    This document releases the file found at the following repository:

       http://www.softwarediamonds/packages/DataPort-FormDB-0.03
       http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/authors/id/S/SO/SOFTDIA/DataPort-FormDB-0.03

  3.1.2 Copyright.

    copyright © 2003 Software Diamonds

  3.1.3 Copyright holder contact.

     603 882-0846 E<lt>support@SoftwareDiamonds.comE<gt>

  3.1.4 License.

    Software Diamonds permits the redistribution and use in source and
    binary forms, with or without modification, provided that the following
    conditions are met:

    1   Redistributions of source code, modified or unmodified must retain
        the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the
        following disclaimer.

    2   Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
        documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

    SOFTWARE DIAMONDS, http://www.SoftwareDiamonds.com, PROVIDES THIS
    SOFTWARE 'AS IS' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT
    NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
    FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL SOFTWARE
    DIAMONDS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
    SPECIAL,EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
    TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,DATA, OR
    PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING USE
    OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
    ANY WAY OUT OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

  3.2 Inventory of software contents

    The content of the released, compressed, archieve file, consists of the
    following files:

     file                                                         version date       comment
     ------------------------------------------------------------ ------- ---------- ------------------------
     lib/Docs/Site_SVD/DataPort_FormDB.pm                         0.03    2003/06/13 revised 0.02
     MANIFEST                                                     0.03    2003/06/13 generated, replaces 0.02
     Makefile.PL                                                  0.03    2003/06/13 generated, replaces 0.02
     README                                                       0.03    2003/06/13 generated, replaces 0.02
     lib/DataPort/DataFile.pm                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     lib/DataPort/DataFileI.pm                                    0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     lib/DataPort/FileType/FormDB.pm                              0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile-STD.pm                                   0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile.d                                        0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile.std                                      0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile.t                                        0.03    2003/06/13 revised 0.02
     t/DataPort/DataFile0.tdb                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile2.tdb                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile2.txt                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile3.tdb                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile3.txt                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile4.tdb                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile4.txt                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile5.txt                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDB-STD.pm                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDB.d                                          0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDB.std                                        0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDB.t                                          0.03    2003/06/13 revised 0.02
     t/DataPort/FormDB0.tdb                                       0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDBa2.tdb                                      0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDBa2.txt                                      0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDBa3.tdb                                      0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDBa3.txt                                      0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDBa4.tdb                                      0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDBa4.txt                                      0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDBr2.txt                                      0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDBr3.txt                                      0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDBr4.txt                                      0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/FormDBs0.tdb                                      0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged

  3.3 Changes

    Resolved a namespace conflict by changing the name of Test::Tester to
    Test::Tech.

  3.4 Adaptation data.

    This installation requires that the installation site has the Perl
    programming language installed. Installation sites running Microsoft
    Operating systems require the installation of Unix utilities. An
    excellent, highly recommended Unix utilities for Microsoft operating
    systems is unxutils by Karl M. Syring. A copy is available at the
    following web sites:

     http://unxutils.sourceforge.net
     http://packages.SoftwareDiamnds.com

    There are no other additional requirements or tailoring needed of
    configurations files, adaptation data or other software needed for this
    installation particular to any installation site.

  3.5 Related documents.

    There are no related documents needed for the installation and test of
    this release.

  3.6 Installation instructions.

    To installed the release file, use the CPAN module in the Perl release
    or the INSTALL.PL script at the following web site:

     http://packages.SoftwareDiamonds.com

    Follow the instructions for the the chosen installation software.

    The distribution file is at the following respositories:

       http://www.softwarediamonds/packages/DataPort-FormDB-0.03
       http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/authors/id/S/SO/SOFTDIA/DataPort-FormDB-0.03

  3.6.1 Installation support.

    If there are installation problems or questions with the installation
    contact

     603 882-0846 E<lt>support@SoftwareDiamonds.comE<gt>

  3.6.2 Installation Tests.

    Most Perl installation software will run the following test script(s) as
    part of the installation:

     t/DataPort/DataFile.t
     t/DataPort/FormDB.t

  3.7 Possible problems and known errors

    There are no known open issues.

4.0 NOTES
    The following are useful acronyms:

    .d  extension for a Perl demo script file

    .pm extension for a Perl Library Module

    .t  extension for a Perl test script file

    DID Data Item Description

    POD Plain Old Documentation

    SVD Software Version Description

2.0 SEE ALSO
     L<Software Version Description (SVD) DID|Docs::US_DOD::SVD>
     L<DataPort::FileType::FormDB|DataPort::FileType::FormDB>

