"Program Types" such as Accjuisltion, 401 Permits, Taxation, etc. Each 

 of these 13 program types has 21 "Program Attributes", such as Name 

 of Program, Legal Authority, Values Protected, etc. Since there are 

 50 states in the database, and each state has up to 13 program types, 

 with each program type having up to 21 attributes, there are a 

 maximum 13,650 pieces of information about the state programs. Each (^ 

 piece of information can range from no data to one or more 

 paragraphs . 



Users can access this data in a straightforward way, such as all 

 information about state Taxation Programs, or in combination 

 searches, such as information about the Legal Authority of Taxation 

 Programs in Texas and adjacent states. There are many, many possible 

 seeirch combinations with both KCON and WPRO. 



Database Location and Programming Information. 



WETLANDS is housed on CSG's Digital MicroVax II computers in 

 Lexington, and has been created by using BASIS software. BASIS is a 

 relational database, and is supported by its author, the Battelle 

 Institute. 



PART Hit HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM 



Getting on the System: Using Your Modem. ... 



Before you can use WETLANDS, you must know how to use your modem and 

 your communications software on your computer. There are so many 

 different kinds, that these instructions cannot be given in this 

 manual. If you know how to use your modem and dial a nximber, you 

 will easily be eible to access the system. First, a few words about / 

 how the Database is organized are in order. ,. ^ ^ 



Database "Menus . " 



The supporting progr2aa for WETLANDS uses 'Data Definition Language" 

 (DDL) to create instructions for entering and accessing data. There 

 are two modes for using the DDL instructions in WETLANDS, "novice" 

 mode and "expert" mode. The primary difference between these two 

 modes is that novice mode is menu-driven, whereas expert mode 

 requires some knowledge of DDL commands. The WETLANDS database 

 assumes that users will not be familiar with DDL cononands, and thus 

 the database has been created using menus in the novice mode. More 

 advanced users will still be able to use expert mode if they desire, 

 however CSG will not be giving instructions on how to use expert mode 

 (but see Appendix) . 



"Menus" are lists of choices that the user selects by pressing one or 

 two keyboard buttons. The use of menus is very cozamon in most 

 personal computer programs. For example, programs such as Lotus 1-2- 

 3 (T) use menus. WETLANDS uses several different menus to access 

 the dateODase. 



