WILLIAM PENGELLY CAVE STUDIES TRUST LTD.

7 Barnock Close
Crayford
Kent
DA1 3RS
Tel./Fax : 01322 523512
e-mail  : hape at compuserve.com

This CD and the files and documents it contains constitute a proposal from the Trust to the British Caving Association for the establishment of an archive for recording cave survey data.

The intellectual property rights in this material are hereby waived.  It may be freely copied, distributed and amended with or without attribution.

I am indebted to the following for useful advice and comments in the preparation of this material:-
Andy Atkinson, Andy Belcher, Peter Cousins, Rod LeGear and John Stevens.

A paper print out of the files is sent with the master copy and the recommended order of reading is.

Case Statement (Word)

 Sets out the arguments for an archive.

Implementation (Word)

 Addresses the practical issue to be resolved in creating and maintaining an archive.

Prototype (Word)

 A logical database design for the proposed archive.
 

Demonstrator  (html from Power Point about 2MB)

A slide show which specifies and demonstrates the i.t. functions associated with the database.

Example  (Access)

A trial implementation of the database using specimen data.

Outputs (Word)

Emulation outputs from the trial database.

Harry Pearman

Chairman William Pengelly Cave Studies Trust Ltd.