PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = "STREAM" OBJECT = TEXT INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = "ASCII" PUBLICATION_DATE = NOTE = "INDEX directory contents" END_OBJECT = TEXT END The INDEX directory includes an ASCII table that provides information about each data file on this volume. INDXINFO.TXT The file you are reading. INDEX.TAB Required index table that identifies the location of each data file in this data set. INDEX.LBL PDS detached label for INDEX.TAB. Notes on Using the Index Tables Each index table contains one row (record) for each data product on the volume. The table is formatted so that it can be read directly into many data management systems. All fields are separated by commas and character fields are enclosed in double quotation marks ("). Character fields are left justified and numeric fields are right justified. Each record ends with ASCII carriage return (ASCII 13) and line feed (ASCII 10) characters. This allows the table to be treated as a fixed length record file on computers that support this file type and as a normal text file on other computers. The PDS label file for the table describes the content and structure of the fields in the index table. This description includes the name of each field, its format, and a brief definition. The values for start byte and number of bytes listed in the label file do not include commas between fields or quotation marks surrounding character fields.