Biomaterial Database

A data validation program nucleus. 1980

D S MacLaughlin

A data validation program designed for flexibility and user-modification is presented. It is assumed that the data to be validated consist of packets; i.e., groups of records with a common value in a record-linking field. Acceptance or rejection of data is on a packet basis. Individual field validation is specified by user-supplied tables. Multiple field checking and field interaction checking on both an intra-record and an inter-record basis may be specified by user-supplied subprograms. The program is written in PL/I using structured programming techniques. Further modifications such as record size and key positions are possible at pre-processor time.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011382	Programming, Linear	A technique of operations research for solving certain kinds of problems involving many variables where a best value or set of best values is to be found. It is most likely to be feasible when the quantity to be optimized, sometimes called the objective function, can be stated as a mathematical expression in terms of the various activities within the system, and when this expression is simply proportional to the measure of the activities, i.e., is linear, and when all the restrictions are also linear. It is different from computer programming, although problems using linear programming techniques may be programmed on a computer.	Linear Programming
D003201	Computers	Programmable electronic devices designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations.	Calculators, Programmable,Computer Hardware,Computers, Digital,Hardware, Computer,Calculator, Programmable,Computer,Computer, Digital,Digital Computer,Digital Computers,Programmable Calculator,Programmable Calculators
D003626	Data Display	The visual representation of data via a manufactured system.	Information Display,Data Displays,Display, Data,Display, Information,Displays, Data,Displays, Information,Information Displays