This directory contains all of the metadata associated with this CD-ROM.
This information is divided into a series of separate template files. These
include the files MISSION.CAT, describing the PVO mission; INSTHOST.CAT,
describing the PVO spacecraft; ORPAINST.CAT, describing the PVO instrument,
DATASET.CAT, describing the data set; PERSON.CAT, listing key personnel
associated with the instrument; and a REF.CAT which describes references
related to the PVO mission or spacecraft or one of the individual instruments
or data sets.

These files are primarily for use in the PDS Data Set Catalog
(http://pds.jpl/nasa.gov/catalog.html) and some of the information
contained here may be found elsewhere on the CD-ROM. Copies of the data set
description may be found on the data directory in the file DATASET.TXT.
Expanded instrument description may be found in the DATA tree as the file
INST.TXT.

Additionally both ASCII text and HTML versions of the IEEE and Space Science
instrument description papers may be found in the DOCUMENTS directory.

The following table describes the contents of the catalog templates 
contained in this directory.

file            contents

MISSION.CAT    Mission Template for the Pioneer Venus Orbiter Mission
INSTHOST.CAT   Instrument Host (Spacecraft) template for PVO
DATASET.CAT    Data Set Template for the Orbital Retarding Potential 
                  Analyzer (ORPA)
ORPAINST.CAT   Instrument Template for ORPA
PERSON.CAT     Personnel Template for ORPA
REF.CAT        Reference Template describing references related to 
                  the mission, spacecraft, instrument or data set