PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM OBJECT = TEXT PUBLICATION_DATE = 2022-03-22 NOTE = "Description of contents of INDEX directory" END_OBJECT = TEXT END The INDEX directory contains an index for this volume (INDEX.TAB). Accompanying the *.TAB file is a PDS label (INDEX.LBL). The *.TAB files are ASCII files. Each line (or record) in the *.TAB file contains information about a single data file in the BSR-RDA volume. Each line is made up of nine comma-delimited fixed- length fields. Most fields contain character strings, which are enclosed by double quotes. Other fields contain integer data, which are NOT enclosed by quotes. The *.LBL label files describe the format and content of each of the respective *.TAB files at the byte level. Simply stated, the fields are: volume identifier path name to the PDS detached label for each data file unique file name for the data file within this data set 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