ASTM-1166

Human Engineering Standards Ship-SHAPE Hypertext Tool (ASTM-1166)

STATUS: Currently Available

GENERAL OVERVIEW:
The Ship-SHAPE HT-1166 tool evolved from a demonstrated need to quickly locate and extract specific items of information from ASTM-1166. The objective of the tool is to assist an analyst using to quickly and accurately identify and access required sections or criteria of ASTM-1166. There are six main parts to HT-1166: 1) the Index Screen, 2) the Context Screen, 3) the Text Screen, 4) Figures, 5) Tables , and 6) Notes. The Index Screen contains two methods for accessing the content of ASTM-1166, an index and a table of contents. The index contains every word in ASTM-1166 in alphabetical order with the number of occurrences of the word next to it. The analyst uses the scroll bar or the Up and Down cursor keys to scroll through the index. As an alternative, he can click on the "?" box in the middle of the scroll bar to quickly jump to a specific word. When he finds the word in the index he is interested in, he clicks on it and HT-1166 displays every occurrence of that word in context (i.e., with 10 or 15 of the surrounding words). The Table of Contents is a duplicate of the Table of Contents contained in ASTM-1166. The reader scrolls through the table using the scroll bar. When he finds the word he is interested in, he clicks on it and HT-1166 displays the corresponding section of ASTM-1166.

APPROPRIATE USES:
Design documentation, 1472 look-up, and derivation of test and evaluation criteria

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:
Requires Macintosh System 6.0 or higher and Hypercard 2.1 or later.

INPUTS REQUIRED:
Requirement to access ASTM-1166 criteria

PROCESSING TECHNIQUES:
Resident in Hypercard

OUTPUT:
Word processing document containing sections cut and pasted from ASTM-1166.

USES OF OUTPUT:
Uses of ASTM-1166 data.

STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT:
Completed

VALIDATION:
Being validated in the Fast Sealift ship manning reduction program, SC 21 ship, Autonomic ship, Arsenal ship, Smart Ship, DDG-51 ship, reduced manning bridge, and automated ship auxiliaries.