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Document:	SDC Document Number Scheme 1976
Order Number:	DEC-11-0RUGA-C-D
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Pages:	3
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CHAPTER XIII
SDC Document Number Scheme

Almost all our software documents are distributed through the Software Distribution
Center (SDC) .

Customers and DEC people order desired docµments by specifying ~n

Order Number to the SDC.
meaning of order

numbers~

This chapter describes the format of order numbers, the
and the method by which a writer can obtain order

numbers for his/her documents.

Prior to November 1, 1976, all software documents were assigned order numbers
of the following form:
DEC-xx-xxxxx-x-D
For example, a manual might have an order number:
DEC-11-0RUGA-C-D
Different parts of the order number specified different bits of information
about the document.

In the example above, the breakdown went as follows:

"DEC" merely specified that the manual was a DEC manual (pretty
redundant information) .
"11" specified that the manual was a PDP-11 manual.
11

0" specified the type of manual (in this case, an overview or~system
manual).

"RUGA" specified a unique identifier (in this case, the RT-11 System
Reference Manual).
"C" specified the revision level of the manual (A was the first version,
B the first revision, C the second revision, and so on).
"D" specified that the item was a document (other letters in this
position might specify that an item was a DECtape, or a disk,
or other medium).

Effective November 1, 1976, all products sold by DEC (including software
documents) are identified by a new order numbering scheme.
the Unified Numbering Code (UNC).

Under the UNC, all DEC products are identified

by an order number in the following format:
aa-bbbbc-de

This scheme is

As with the previous scheme, different parts of the UNC order number specify
different bits of information about the item:
aa

is the inventory class code, and identifies the type of item.

bbbb

is the unique identifier, and is the main part of the order
number identifying the item.

is the revision identifier, and identifies (obviously) the
revision level of the item.

is the license identifier, and identifies the type of license
under which the product is sold.

is the CPU identifier, and identifies the central processor
for which the item is applicable.

All items sold by DEC are identified by an order number in the above format.
All DEC corporate automated systems (parts ordering, inventory, etc.) recognize
the above format.

Below you will find a list of codes applicable to products

produced by Software Documentation.

Any document you write will be identified

by a order number in the aa-bbbbc-de format.

ALTHOUGH EXCEPTIONS TO THE

FORMAT ARE RARE, THEY CAN EXIST; IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO ASK YOUR SUPERVISOR
WHEN ASSIGNING AN ORDER NUMBER TO A DOCUMENT.

aa - inventory class code
Code

Description

System Manual or Handbook

Addendum (update) to a document (usually one with an AA code)

Film strip, slide, or transparency

Miscellaneous (letters, catalogs, templates, binders, etc).

bbbb - unique identifier
This is always a number in the range 0000 through 9999, and is assigned by
the SDC upon request.

The number is unique to a document or update.

c - revision identifier
Code

Description

First version of a document

First revision of a document

Second revision of a document

Third revision of a document
and so on.

d - license identifier
Code

Description

Unrestricted distribution, no license required.

Almost all

manuals, handbooks, and updates fall into this category.
R

Restricted manual.

This usually applies to Company Confidential

manuals, and some user manuals for which a license is required.
Ask your supervisor before requesting a license

iden~ifier.

e - CPU identifier
Code

Description

PDP-8

DECsystem-lo

PDP-11

PDP-9 and PDP-15

XVM (PDP-15)

Cross-product (more than one CPU)

DECsystem-20

A more complete list of codes for all of Software Engineering is provided in the
document Procedural Guide for Assigning Software Component Part Numbers, Order
Number AV-OOOOA-TK, dated August 1976.

You may obtain a copy by calligg Marie

Donnelly at the SDC in Maynard, x3378.

An example of a manual

whose order number is

already assigned under the UNC

follows:
RSTS/E RMS-11 Utilities User's Guide, Order Number AA-0003A-TC
In the example, the "AA" identifies the item as a manual.

The "0003" is the

unique identifier, and the "A" shows that this is the first version of the
manual.

The "TC" shows that it is an unrestricted manual for the PDP-11.

For a period of time (probably about a year) after the UNC is established, many
documents will carry a double number:

the new UNC code wi11 appear along with

the old code (DEC-xx-xxxxx-x-D) if an old code existed for the manual.
ordering a manual, always use the UNC code.

When