PDS_VERSION_ID      = PDS3                                                    
RECORD_TYPE         = FIXED_LENGTH                                            
RECORD_BYTES        = 80                                                      
OBJECT              = TEXT                                                    
  PUBLICATION_DATE    = 1997-11-18                                            
  NOTE                = "Description of contents of DOCUMENT directory "      
END_OBJECT          = TEXT                                                    
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      The DOCUMENT directory contains documentation on the archival data      
set and files within the data set.                                            
                                                                              
     Each file is in ASCII, with 80 characters per line.  Each line is        
delimited with a carriage-return (ASCII 13) line-feed (ASCII 10) pair.        
                                                                              
     The files are:                                                           
                                                                              
                                                                              
DOCINFO.TXT                                                                   
                                                                              
     A brief description of this files within the DOCUMENT directory          
(this file).                                                                  
                                                                              
MGSRSSIS.TXT                                                                  
                                                                              
     The Software Interface Specification (SIS) for the Mars Global           
Surveyor (MGS) Raw Dara Archive (RDA).  It describes both the format and      
content of the archival data set.                                             
                                                                              
TK_FTP.TXT                                                                    
                                                                              
     Instructions for obtaining NAIF Toolkit software via the Internet.       
Points to documentation on Toolkit organization and use.                      
                                                                              
TK_DESCR.TXT                                                                  
                                                                              
     Description of directory structure and contents of NAIF Toolkit          
delivery for Sun computers.  Description of package for other platforms       
is similar and can be obtained using instructions in TK_FTP.TXT.              
                                                                              
TK_INSTL.TXT                                                                  
                                                                              
     Instructions for installing the NAIF Toolkit on a Sun computer.          
Information for other platforms will be similar and can be obtained using     
instructions in TK_FTP.TXT.                                                   
                                                                              
TRK_2_18.TXT                                                                  
                                                                              
     SIS for the Orbit Data File (ODF), the edited version of closed-loop     
radio tracking data.  This document has not been updated since the ODF        
format changed on 15 April 1997.  Since each ODF is accompanied by a          
full PDS label, TRK_2_18.TXT will not be included with volumes containing     
ODFs produced solely after that date.                                         
                                                                              
TRK_2_21.TXT                                                                  
                                                                              
     SIS for the Earth Orientation Parameter (EOP) file, which contains       
data on rotation of the Earth.                                                
                                                                              
TRK_2_23.TXT                                                                  
                                                                              
     SIS for Media Calibration Files -- Ionosphere Calibration files (ION)    
and Troposphere Calibration files (TRO).                                      
                                                                              
TRK_2_24.TXT                                                                  
                                                                              
     SIS for DSN Weather Files (WEA).  Released version of this document      
is not current; it will not be included with archival volumes until an        
update has been completed.                                                    
                                                                              
TRK_2_25.TXT                                                                  
                                                                              
     SIS for the Archival Tracking Data File (TDF or ATDF), the complete      
file of closed-loop radio tracking data.  This document has not been          
updated since the ATDF format changed on 15 April 1997.  Since each ATDF      
is accompanied by a full PDS label, TRK_2_25.TXT will not be included         
with volumes containing TDFs produced solely after that date.