5. FILES › 5.1 Data Element Naming Conventions

5.1 Data Element Naming Conventions

The data elements in the CA MICS Data Base files follow
naming conventions that depend on whether they are
standard or common data elements.  Standard data elements
use the first three characters of their name to identify
the file in which they are defined.  The following chart
lists the three-character prefixes with which the SRL
standard data element names begin and the files in which
they are contained.

+---------+--------------------------------+----------+
| File    | File Name                      | Prefix   |
+---------+--------------------------------+----------+
| SRLCRL  | SRL Channel Reliability        |   CRL    |
| SRLDMR  | SRL DASD Media Reliability     |   DMR    |
| SRLDRL  | SRL DASD Device Reliability    |   DRL    |
| SRLMMR  | SRL Mag Tape Media Reliability |   MMR    |
| SRLMRL  | SRL Mag Tape Device Reliability|   MRL    |
| SRLPRL  | SRL Processor Reliability      |   PRL    |
| SRLRNC  | SRL Reliability Incident       |   RNC    |
| SRLSSD  | SRL System Software Diagnostic |   SSD    |
| SRL_UD  | SRL User Software Diagnostic   |   SSD    |
| SRLSSM  | SRL System Software Malfunction|          |
|         |     Summary                    |   SSM    |
| SRL_UM  | SRL User Software Malfunction  |          |
|         |     Summary                    |   SSM    |
| SRLSTR  | SRL Storage Reliability        |   STR    |
| SRLTRL  | SRL TP Device Reliability      |   TRL    |
| SRLXRL  | SRL Unit Record Device         |          |
|         |     Reliability                |   XRL    |
+-----------------------------------------------------+

Common data elements do not use a data element prefix.
They have a common definition across data base information
areas or across files within an information area.  You will
find common data elements listed in the Sequence/Summary
Data Elements and Common Data Elements sections of the Data
Elements List that accompanies each of the file descriptions
in this chapter.