File metadata information that provides user specified hints to the MSS software on how the MSS file should be managed.

The name for the software and hardware components providing the user interface to the MSS.

The descriptive information associated with an MSS file. Examples include the scientist number of the user who wrote the file, the times of last reference, the size, read and write passwords, etc.

The NCAR designed and managed hardware and software providing archival storage services for files.

The project number is assigned by CISL, and is used for resource accounting purposes.

The Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) is one of the major Laboratories of NCAR. CISL provides high-end computational, networking and IT infrastructure, as well as the MSS.

The scientist number is assigned by CISL, which is often used as the Unix user id.