Documentation of the 1980 Data Verification Programs and Common Subroutines forFixed-Format Data: Porpoise Data Management System

摘要

The document is provided as a description of the 1980 computer-aided dataverification system devised for the Porpoise Data Management Group (PDMG). The document describes the approach developed to assist in the verification of data, and describes the 1980 package of FORTRAN subroutines (referred to by the authors as COMMON SUBROUTINES) the authors developed to create computer programs to implement the approach. Their primary objectives in developing the system were to utilize computers to locate and identify potential problems with a variety of data formats used to record field data, and to provide computer programmers with a package of subroutines by which they can easily create, and modify, edit programs for different data formats. Secondary objectives were to provide some insight into the frequency of errors detected and maintain documentation on the actual editing criteria specified by data format and year.