dsparse-1.0.0
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This is Version 1.0.0 of the dsparse utility, a proof-of-concept prototype
of how to use XML based metadata to automate quality assurance processing
for tabular, ASCII data files.  The is no warranty nor any support for this
software of any kind.  Use at your own risk.

It is tagged under CVS as VERSION_1_0_0

Documentation is found in the source code, as this is not at this point
considered end user software. The release has been run under SGI Irix 6.2 and
should work on other UNIX-based systems, but has not been tested.

Getting the source
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You might find it at http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ecoinformatics/

To Install
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0. Install prerequisite products on your system and test that they work,
   including:
	Perl 5
	Perl::XML Module (available from CPAN)
	Perl::XML Module (available from CPAN)
	SAS 6.11 or later
        A web server with CGI capability enabled
   A complete list can be found in the source code.

1. Copy the md-read.cgi script to your web server's cgi directory, be sure it
is executable by the appropriate webserver user.

2. Edit the md-read.cgi script and change settings to suit your environment.
There may be several changes needed, but they all have to do with file and
directory locations on your system.

3. Copy the index.html file and the sample files (boglakes*) to a 
web-accessible directory on your system, and make sure the web server user 
can read them. Edit the index.html file and make the "ACTION" attribute
of the FORM element point at your installed version of md-read.cgi.

4. Run it by accessing the index.html page from your web server, and submit
the sample files included with the distribution (boglakes*).

Comments
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Comments on features and bugs are welcome and appreciated, as are any 
substantial improvements that you make to the code.  
Send your comments to jones@nceas.ucsb.edu.

Have fun!

Matt