DOCUMNTS.TXT - 11th of 19 digital documentation files distributed
               with the "Forest Fire Chronology of Saskatchewan"
               (FFCS) dataset.


<Document overview>

     Lists the digital documentation files provided with the FFCS
     dataset in functional format as well as alphabetical order.


<Document numbering and size>

     The files listed are in the order that they are numbered
     within every document.  Page number estimates are
     approximate, as they do not account for changes in text
     editor or word-processor formatting.


<Functional listing of on-line documents>

     File names are listed in capital letters here, but are
     stored in lower case letters on UNIX systems.

     *OVERVIEW*

     A1. Project description
          README.1ST
          BACKGRND.TXT

     A2. Disclaimers
          DISCLAMR.TXT

     A3. Data quality
          DATAQUAL.TXT

     A4. Past products and planned work
          FUTRWORK.TXT
          HISTORY.TXT


     *TECHNICAL*

     B1. Data entry
          DIGITIZN.TXT

     B2. Data handling
          DATAISSU.TXT
          DATADICT.TXT

     B3. Data distribution
          COPYINFO.TXT

     B4. File formats
          DATAFORM.TXT

     B5. Metadata
          METADATA.TXT

     B6. Geographic / GIS specifications
          GEOGSPEC.TXT
          TOPOLOGY.TXT

     B7. Available source code
          SCRIPTS.TXT


     *REFERENCES*

     C1. Available digital documentation
          DOCUMNTS.TXT
          MISCNOTE.TXT

     C2. Summaries/lists
          COVERAGS.TXT

     C3. Citation
          AUTHORS.TXT



<Alphabetic listing of on-line documents>

     AUTHORS.TXT  - organizations and staff involved in
                    generating the FFCS dataset.  1 p.
     BACKGRND.TXT - background information (data content and
                    origin, acronyms).  3 p.
     COPYINFO.TXT - data ownership and copying information.  2 p.
     COVERAGS.TXT - list of Arc/INFO coverages and summary of
                    their features.  2 p.
     DATADICT.TXT - data dictionary (database fields and
                    linkages).  5 p.
     DATAFORM.TXT - data file formats.  2 p.
     DATAISSU.TXT - database and GIS issues (normalization,
                    regions, vertical integration, derived data).
                    3 p.
     DATAQUAL.TXT - data quality and usability info.  3 p.
     DIGITIZN.TXT - digitization methods and equipment.  3 p.
     DISCLAMR.TXT - disclaimer.  1 p.
     DOCUMNTS.TXT - the file that you are now reading.  2 p.
     FUTRWORK.TXT - realistic and ambitious plans for future
                    work.  3 p.
     GEOGSPEC.TXT - geographic parameter listing.  5p.
     HISTORY.TXT  - project history. 2p.
     METADATA.TXT - description of the FFCS dataset (who, what,
                    when, why, where) in Canadian General
                    Standards Board metadata format.  Somewhat
                    overlaps the content of the other readme
                    files but is often too abridged.  6 p.
     MISCNOTE.TXT - miscellaneous notes.  1 p.
     README.1ST   - documentation guide.  2 p.
     SCRIPTS.TXT  - programming code used and/or available for
                    generating or manipulating the dataset.  1 p.
     TOPOLOGY.TXT - description of topological features.  2 p.


This document prepared by:

Ott Naelapea
Wildlife Branch
Saskatchewan Environment & Resource Management
Box 3003, 800 Central Avenue
Prince Albert, SK.  S6V 6G1
CANADA
(306)953-2671 - Tel.
(306)953-2750 - Fax.

November 28, 1996
