The Data and Analysis Center for Software(Presentation Abstract)

The Data and Analysis Center for Software (DACS) is being established at the Rome Air Development Center (RADC) to serve as a focal point for scientific and technical information on software technology. The major functions of DACS will be discussed. They are to develop and maintain a computer database of software data, establish a library containing technical reports and a lessons-learned file, identify data requirements for research efforts and present as a guideline for collecting data, analyze the data in the database and produce data and information reports, establish a current awareness program including the publication of newsletters and involvement in technical meeting to disseminate information, produce and distribute data subsets, data compendiums, state-of-the-art reports and bibliographies, and provide consultation and inquiry services. The status of the current database will also be discussed. The majority of the database consists of error data; i.e. the contents of Software Problem Reports and Software Modification Notices acquired by RADC form six large software development projects. There is information on a total of approximately 27,000 errors.