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Here are the tools and utlities that are avaialble from the PPI Node of PDS.

Documentation

Ruleset Language: A description of the Ruleset Language
Labeler and Ruleset Processing: Presented at the PDS Technical Session, July 2003

Applications

ditdos: Version 2 of the DITDOS web service which provides access to data archives. It can build inventories of data holdings, present organized views of the inventory and assist in downloading data collections.
labeler: A Java application which uses the Ruleset Processor to generate PDS labels for files.
Index: A Java application to generate PDS compliant index files for a volume.
SPLASH is an interactive data display application that runs on Microsoft Windows platforms.

JAR files - Quick link

Index.jar: Index generation application.
inventory.jar: Inventory generation application.
ruleset.jar: Ruleset-based label generator.
pdsppi.jar: File containing all PDS/PPI classes.
plugin.jar: File containing all plug-ins.
How to Install: Download and place in your Java CLASS_PATH (typically $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext)

Plug-ins for use with Ruleset Processor

CassiniFFHScan: Extract information from a Cassini Flatfile.
Compare: Perform a relational compare two strings or numbers.
FFHScan: Extract information from a Flatfile.
FormatDescription: Word wrap and indent text.
IMath: Perform simple integer math.
LabelValue: Extract a value from a label.
Lookup: Find a value in an interval lookup spreadsheet.
SpreadSheet: Parse files containing a spreadsheet (delimited text) and determine metrics.
PChronos: Interface to the NAIF/SPICE "chronos" utility.
PvoTabProperties: Extract first and last values in the table
Strings: Determine length, change case, index, and subset strings.
TabStartStop: Return a portion (column) of the first and last rows in an ASCII table.
TargetPhrase: Create a properly punctuated phrase describing a list a values.
Time: Parse and construct time strings in many formats.

plugin.jar: File containing all plug-ins.

Classes

PDSLabel: Java class for parsing PDS Labels.
PPIOption: Java class for option handling support.
PPIRuleset: Java class implementation of the PPI Ruleset Language.
PPITable: Java class for reading and writing to tables.
PPITime: Java class for maniuplating time strings.

Download: Zip file containing source code, documentation and classes.
pdsppi.jar: Jar file containing all PDS/PPI classes.

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