This file contains a description
of the purposes of the Evaluation and
Validation Task.
(Ada IC point of contact: Gil Austin)

       		EVALUATION AND VALIDATION (E&V) TASK

	The purpose of the Ada Programming Support Environment  (APSE)
Evaluation and Validation (E&V) task is to develop the techniques  and
tools which will provide a  capability to perform assessment of  APSEs
and to determine conformance of APSEs to the Ada Joint Program  Office
(AJPO) sponsored  Common  APSE  Interface  Set  (CAIS).   As  the  E&V
technology is developed, it  will be made  available to the  community
for use by the DoD components, industry and academia.

	E&V Documents and other E&V related publications are available
on the DDN host Ada20, in the <EV-INFO> directory.  A recent addition
to this directory is the file COMPILER-CRITERIA which is a list of
evaluation criteria and associated tests for use in assessing numerous
attributes of Ada compilers. The EV-Info directory on the Ada20
computer is available to authorized DDN users only.  The directory is
resident on the University of Southern California Information Sciences
Institute, System F (USC-ISIF), whose alias is Ada20, and is
accessible via the Defense Data Network (DDN).

           The DDN is a collection of approximately eighty
different computer networks representing DoD facilities, research
centers and academia throughout the free world.  All of the
networks are packet-switching systems with interconnections at
various locations.  Access to the DDN is controlled by the
Department of Defense.  To obtain access to the DDN it is first
necessary to have a computer directory or access to a directory
on one of the several thousand host computers comprising the
system.  The AJPO maintains two hosts at the ISI facility in
California: the Ada20 and the Adavax.  Access to these systems is
controlled by the AJPO and is limited to those individuals
providing a significant level of support to the Ada effort.  Once
access is obtained to one of these systems or to any other DDN
host, the system administrator will provide directory and
password information to the user.  The following is the procedure
for making a connection to the EV-Info directory from a DDN
host.


For Ada20 Users:

        1.  Log into your directory on Ada20.

        2.  Type "Type <EV-Info>Files.Hlp" for a listing of all help
            files in the EV-Info directory.

        3.  To View one of the files from this listing, type
            "Type <EV-Info>Filename.Ext" where 'Filename' is the name
            of a file in the listing.

        4.  To Copy one of the files from this listing to a local directory,
            type "Copy <EV-Info>Filename.Ext Fileb.Ext" where 'Filename' is
            the name of a file in the listing and Fileb.Ext is the new local
            file name.


For users of other DDN computers supporting the FTP program:

        1.   From a directory on the other machine, invoke FTP.

        2.   Establish a connection to the Ada20.

        3.   When the 'Connection Opened' message is displayed; login by
            typing "Log Anonymous Username" where 'Username' is the user
            login name on the other machine.

        4.   When the 'User Logged in' message appears, type
            "Get <EV-Info>Files.Hlp Fileb.Ext" where Fileb.Ext is
            the local filename to write.

        5.  To read a desired file(?), step repeated substituting the
            new filename for 'Files'.


	For further information concerning the E&V Task, contact:

		Raymond Syzmanski
		AFWAL/AAAF
		Wright-Patterson AFB, OH  45433
		(513) 255-2446/6730
		Autovon 785-2446/6730