New Version (v2.2) of the ISO Data Archive installed on 05/11/1999

In the morning of the 5th of November 1999, a new version (v2.2) of the ISO Data Archive software was installed.

The major improvement of this new version are :

• The IDA user interface, database engine and product retrieval systems are now ready for Year 2000.
• A Product Request Monitor has been introduced.
• The initial size of the IDA applet has been reduced again (now ~400KBytes).
• The CAM parallel observations have now the same number as the prime instrument.
• Search on products quality information is now possible.
• More detailed information is now available on products quality.

The following other modifications have also been brought into this new version :

• Add a button to directly move all observations and go to the shopping basket
• Improvements of the product retrieval system for big requests.
• Users of the IDA standalone version should update it using "isopma -update".
• Various other minor bugs have been fixed.

The ISO Data Archive can be accessed at http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/iso/access-the-archive in the Data Archive section.

Christophe Arviset, ISO Data Centre, 05/11/1999