•"No" response for Q2-II-2 (restricted descrip- 

 tion of sampling designs) or if a "Yes" re- 

 sponse for Q2-II-2, then there is more than 

 one sampling design that can be described 

 (Q2-II-3). 



•Criteria 3. Capable of storing commonly 

 measured plot and tree characteristics. All 

 requirements below are met: 



•"Yes" response to Q2-II-4 (plot location). 



•"Yes" response to Q2-II-5 (site characteristics). 



•"Yes" response to Q2-II-9 (stand disturbances). 



•"Yes" response to Q2-II-10 (measurement 

 dates). 



•"Yes" response to Q2-II-11 (individual tree 

 attributes). 



•"Yes" response to Ql-20 (comments). 



8. Ability to add new data fields. 



•Criteria 1. Capable of adding new data fields. 

 •"Yes" response to Ql-17. 



9. Selective retrieval of data from the data base. 



•Criteria 1. Capable of retrieving data based 

 on user-defined search criteria. 



•"Yes" response to Ql-18. 



•Criteria 2. Capable of using stand or plot-level 

 data fields as search criteria. 



•"Yes" response to Q2-III-H1. 



•Criteria 3. Capable of using tree-level data 

 fields as search criteria. 



•"Yes" response to Q2-III-H3. 



10. Accessibility of the data base software at a rea- 

 sonable cost. 



•Criteria 1. Reasonable cost for the DBMS 

 software. 



•Cost listed in Q2-I-5 is $1,000 or less. 



•Criteria 2. DBMS does not use proprietary 

 software. 



•"No" response to Ql-3. 



11. Adequate documentation and help facilities. 



•Criteria 1. Level of computer expertise needed 

 to use the DBMS. 



•"Novice" checked for Ql-21. 



•Criteria 2. Available help facilities and support. 



•Both of the following requirements are met: 

 (1) "Yes" response to Ql-22 (user's manual), 

 and (2) a "Yes" response to at least one of the 

 following questions: Q2-III-J2 (help facilities), 

 Q2-III-J3 (user-support services), Q2-III-J4 

 (sample data set for testing), Q2-III-J5 

 (tutorial). 



•Criteria 3. File structures are documented. 

 •"Yes" response to Q2-III-A2. 



12. Analysis/reporting capabilities. 



•Criteria 1. Capable of calculating stand and 

 plot summary attributes. 



•One of the following two requirements are 

 met: (1) Stand and plot attributes are initially 

 calculated (Q2-II-7) and "Yes" response to 

 Q2-II-8 (automatic update when changes made 

 in data base), or (2) stand and plot attributes 

 are calculated upon request (Q2-II-8). 



•Criteria 2. Available linkage with statistical 

 software. 



•"Yes" response to Q2-III-K1 and a statistical 

 software package is listed for Q2-III-K1. 



•Criteria 3. Capable of generating reports, espe- 

 cially for incremental changes over time. 



•Both of the following requirements are met: 

 (1) "Yes" response to Q2-III-K5 (incremental 

 change report), and (2) a "Yes" response to at 

 least one of the following questions: Q2-III-K3 

 (standardized reports), Q2-III-K4 (user-defined 

 reports), Q2-III-K6 (data base summaries). 



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