Abstract
DOMESTIC (Development of Minicomputers in an Envi ronment of Scientific and Technological Information Cen ters) is a joint Israeli-German project for the application of minicomputers in information storage and retrieval.
The DOMESTIC software package includes functions for online creation and updating of inhouse databases; assimila tion of external databases; setting up, running and reformu lating online database searches; viewing search results; printing the output in selected formats; and various tasks associated with the acquisition, cataloging and circulation phases of information-center activities.
At present (June 1980) the DOMESTIC database management system and the information-retrieval functions have been programmed and development is underway on the functions for online input, database maintenance, the print generator and library management.
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