PDS_VERSION_ID      = PDS3                                                    
RECORD_TYPE         = STREAM                                                  
OBJECT              = TEXT                                                    
  PUBLICATION_DATE    = 1999-09-08                                            
  NOTE                = "Description of contents of INDEX directory"          
END_OBJECT          = TEXT                                                    
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      The INDEX directory contains an index for this CD-WO volume             
(INDEX.TAB) and a cumulative index for the volume set (CUMINDEX.TAB).         
Each index is a table of contents for either the volume or the set of         
volumes, respectively; each index lists only data files.  Accompanying        
each *.TAB file is a PDS label (INDEX.LBL and CUMINDEX.LBL, respectively).    
                                                                              
      The *.TAB files are ASCII files.  Each line (or record) in              
the *.TAB file contains information about a single data file in the           
radio science raw data archive volume.  Each line is made up of               
seven comma-delimited fixed-length fields.  Four fields contain               
character strings, which are enclosed by double quotes.  The other            
three fields contain date/time information; those values are NOT              
enclosed by quotes.                                                           
                                                                              
      The *.LBL label files describe the format and content of their          
respective *.TAB files at the byte level.  Simply stated, the fields are:     
                                                                              
              number of the CD-WO volume                                      
              path name to the PDS detached label for each data file          
              unique file name for the data file within this data set         
              original file name, if the file came from another source        
                 where it was named differently                               
              start date/time of the data in the file                         
              stop date/time of the data in the file                          
              creation date/time for the original file                        
                                                                              
      If the final volume contains no data files (for example, the            
final volume is a collection of documents), INDEX.TAB and INDEX.LBL           
will be omitted.