A PC PROGRAM TO STANDARDIZE THE DESCRIPTION OF MEASUREMENT RESULTS OFTHERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS

One of the most serious problems of factual databases is the data inpu t, especially when the relation between the properties of interest and the material or experimental parameters is complex. In order to enabl e data input in the field of thermophysical properties, a new special PC program has been developed, which facilitates the data input by mea ns of a windows technique. In these windows, the user is presented wit h input fields where alphanumerical values or integers can be inserted corresponding to a given list of descriptors. In principle, this list can be extended by each user. The problem, however, is then to keep a ll other users informed about the updated list of descriptors. It is i ntended to establish a community of users of this programme for the pu rposes of standardization of data input and acceleration of informatio n exchange about measurement results.