ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DESCRIPTIVE DATA BASE, BASED ON CDL1

Abstract

In previous reports, CDL1 -- a computer description language -- has been defined and discussed. The report discusses the implementation of a system of programs, on the RCA Spectra 70 computers, to generate appropriate file structures from computer descriptions written in CDL1. This translation to a DDB -- descriptive data base -- involves syntactic analysis and a certain amount of checking for internal consistency, as well as the creation of directory entries, etc. Once the type of DDB's described in this report can be generated, a variety of design-aid systems can be based upon them, saving a duplication of effort, guaranteeing an integrated overall system, and avoiding built-in obsolescence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0709224

Entities

People

  • Chitoor V. Srinivasan

Organizations

  • Sarnoff Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Computers
  • Consistency
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Diagrams
  • Directories
  • Language
  • New Jersey
  • Obsolescence
  • Operating Systems
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Simulators
  • Spectra
  • System Software
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.