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- ---- PROLOGUE.DOC ----
-
- PROLOGUE FILES IN THE ADA REPOSITORY ON SIMTEL20
-
- Each piece of software in the Ada Repository has a PROLOGUE
- file associated with it. This file has the same name as the main file
- associated with the piece of software, but it has a file type of PRO,
- where the file type of the software is ADA. A duplicate of this
- PROLOGUE file is prefixed to the software file (the PROLOGUE file is a
- block of comment lines).
-
- The PROLOGUE file contains the following information:
-
- 1. Name of software, version number, author (name and
- address), DDN mailing address of a point of contact
- for questions about the software (usually the author),
- a copyright notice, the date the software was created,
- and the date the software was released.
-
- 2. Name of person who last modified the piece of software
- and date of last modification.
-
- 3. A keyword list.
-
- 4. An abstract.
-
- 5. A history of all revisions made to the software.
-
- 6. Distribution and Copyright statements. This includes
- a statement as to if the software is in the Public
- Domain.
-
- 7. A disclaimer.
-
- See the file SUBMIT.DOC for details on how to create a
- PROLOGUE. The following files are also related to the PROLOGUE:
-
-
- MICRO:<ADA.GENERAL>PROLOGUE.ADA
- -- PROLOGUE template that may be edited
- MICRO:<ADA.GENERAL>SAMPLE.PRO
- -- an example of a PROLOGUE entry
-
-
-