CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface Part I: EDCS II Concepts 1 Introduction to EDCS II 1.1 Functional Description 1.2 Entity Concepts 1.2.1 Entities 1.2.2 Elements 1.2.3 Generations 1.2.4 Groups 1.2.4.1 Nonexpandable Groups 1.2.4.2 Expandable Groups 1.2.5 Removing Entities 1.2.6 Deleting Entities 1.2.7 Hierarchy 1.2.8 Starting and Ending Generations 1.2.9 Limiting Generations 1.2.10 Modifying Generations with Attributes 1.2.11 Dependencies 1.2.11.1 Declaring a Dependency 1.2.11.2 Specifying the Event 1.2.11.3 Specifying More Than One Dependency 1.2.11.4 Creating Reciprocal Dependencies 1.2.11.5 Deleting a Dependency 1.2.12 Generation Status of Elements and Groups 1.2.13 Mass Operations with Entities 1.2.13.1 The /MULTIPLE_FILE Qualifier 1.2.13.2 The /IN_GROUP Qualifier 1.2.13.3 The /OUTPUT Qualifier 1.3 Notification 1.3.1 Determining Mailing List Type 1.3.2 Notification Lists 1.3.3 Approval Lists 1.3.4 Default Mailing Lists 1.3.5 Dependency Notification 1.4 Other Concepts 1.4.1 Attributes 1.4.2 Review Process and Revisions 1.4.3 Client and Server 1.4.4 Configuration Management 2 Entering Commands 2.1 Getting Started 2.2 Processing Modes 2.2.1 Command Mode 2.2.2 Menu Mode 2.3 Command Syntax 2.4 Abbreviations 2.5 Displaying Previously Entered Commands 2.6 Defaults 2.7 Command Files 2.8.1 EDCS II Command Files 2.8.2 DCL Command Files Containing EDCS II Commands 2.9 Naming Conventions 2.10 Naming Lists 2.11 Files Created by EDCS II 2.11.1 Element Files and Group Information Files 2.11.2 Log Files 2.12 Input Files Part II: Commands 3 ARCHIVE to DELETE Commands ARCHIVE ELEMENT CANCEL REQUEST COPY COPY ACCESS_LIST COPY ACCOUNT COPY MAILING_LIST CREATE CREATE ACCESS_LIST CREATE ACCOUNT CREATE ATTRIBUTE CREATE ELEMENT CREATE GROUP CREATE MAILING_LIST CREATE PATH CREATE SUBSTITUTE CREATE TEAM DELETE DELETE ACCESS_LIST DELETE ACCOUNT DELETE ATTRIBUTE DELETE ELEMENT DELETE GROUP DELETE HISTORY DELETE MAILING_LIST DELETE PATH DELETE SUBSTITUTE DELETE TEAM 4 EVALUATE to MODIFY Commands EVALUATE EVALUATE ELEMENT EVALUATE GROUP EXIT FETCH FETCH ELEMENT FETCH GROUP HELP INSERT INSERT ELEMENT INSERT GROUP LIMIT LIMIT ELEMENT LIMIT GROUP LOGIN LOGOUT MODIFY MODIFY ACCESS_LIST MODIFY ACCOUNT MODIFY ELEMENT MODIFY GROUP MODIFY MAILING_LIST MODIFY PATH MODIFY REVIEW MODIFY TEAM 5 REJECT to SET Commands REJECT REJECT ELEMENT REJECT GROUP RELEASE RELEASE ELEMENT RELEASE GROUP REMOVE REMOVE ELEMENT REMOVE GROUP RENAME RENAME ELEMENT RENAME GROUP REPLACE REPLACE ELEMENT REPLACE GROUP RESERVE RESERVE ELEMENT RESERVE GROUP RETRIEVE ELEMENT REVIEW REVIEW ELEMENT REVIEW GROUP SAVE PROFILE SET SET ADMINISTRATOR SET DATABASE SET PASSWORD SET PROFILE SET SECURE 6 SHOW to UNRESERVE Commands SHOW SHOW ACCESS_LIST SHOW ACCOUNT SHOW ATTRIBUTE SHOW DATABASE SHOW DEPENDENCY SHOW ELEMENT SHOW GROUP SHOW HIERARCHY SHOW HISTORY SHOW MAILING_LIST SHOW PATH SHOW PROFILE SHOW REQUEST SHOW REVIEW SHOW SUBSTITUTE SHOW TEAM SHOW USERS SHOW VERSION UNLIMIT UNLIMIT ELEMENT UNLIMIT GROUP UNRESERVE UNRESERVE ELEMENT UNRESERVE GROUP A New and Changed Features A.1 Associating Attributes with Generations A.2 Allowing Multiple Users to Change Groups A.3 Displaying Reserved Generations in Hierarchies A.4 Limiting the Levels of a Hierarchy to be Displayed A.5 Displaying Previously Entered Commands A.6 Using Node Name in a Filespec with the FETCH/OUTPUT Command A.7 Message on SET ADMINISTRATOR Command A.8 Command Line Interface Set To Broadcast A.9 Features No Longer Supported in Version 2.1 B Groups of Commands B.1 Access List Commands B.2 Attribute Commands B.3 Database, Client, and Server Commands B.4 Dependency Commands B.5 Element and Group Commands B.5.1 Commands That Do Not Create New Generations B.5.2 Creating New Generations B.5.3 ARCHIVE, DELETE, and RETRIEVE Commands B.5.4 Limiting Entities B.6 Mailing List Commands B.7 Review Process Commands B.7.1 Setting Up Review Paths and Teams B.7.2 Evaluating Entities B.7.3 Running the Review Process C Retrieving Information with SHOW Commands D Notification E Multinational Character Set Glossary Access . . . automatic review AVAILABLE . . . demote dependency . . . General_User generation . . . location log in . . . nonresident element NOSECURE . . . profile profile qualifiers . . . RELEASED request . . . review status review team . . . WRITE access FIGURES 1-1 Example of a Group Structure 1-2 Nonexpandable Group 1-3 Attempting an Illegal Insertion 1-4 Recursive Insertion 1-5 Limiting Generations E-1 DEC Multinational Character Set, Part 1 E-2 DEC Multinational Character Set, Part 2 TABLES 1-1 Deleting All Generations of an Element from an Expandable Group 1-2 Generation Status 2-1 Command Conventions 2-2 Naming Conventions A-1 EDCS II Version 2.1 New Command Qualifiers A-2 EDCS II Version 2.1 Removed Command Qualifiers C-1 SHOW Commands C-2 Information Obtainable from SHOW Commands D-1 Notification of Changes to Entities