                                                           File:  RELEASE.TXT


                       OXYREF Data Base Release Notes


               Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling (CEAM)
     National Exposure Research Laboratory - Ecosystems Research Division
                  Office of Research and Development (ORD)
               U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)
                          960 College Station Road
                         Athens, Georgia 30605-2700

                                706/355-8400



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Corrections and Changes Between Versions 0.00 and 1.00:
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- First release through CEAM: Monday, 7 December 1998.  Time: 09:13:15.

Summary:  

1)   Created OXYREF data base and user support documentation files (refer to
     sub-directory README):

     READ.ME........OXYREF data base general access and user support guide
     RELEASE.TXT....OXYREF Data Base Release Notes
     UPDATE.TXT.....OXYREF Data Base Update Notes
                    (Enhancements/updates/additions not covered in user
                    manual file)
     ABSTRACT.TXT...OXYREF Data Base System Abstract
     RESPONSE.TXT...CEAM Software Product User Response Form
     YEAR2000.TXT...OXYREF Data Base Year 2000 (Y2K) Compliance Statement

2)   Composed INSTALIT/MediaBuilder code and logic for product version
     description (.PVD) and installation (.INF) script files.

3)   Application revisions to the OXYREF data base, version 1.00, are
     included in the file UPDATE.TXT (OXYREF Data Base Update Notes).  This
     document is available as an ASCII text (non-binary) file in the README
     sub-directory.  Refer to file READ.ME in the README sub-directory for
     further information on the storage format and/or print/view requirements
     of this file.

4)   Included application users' manual "OXYREF--A Data File of Test Results
     Reported in the Published Literature on the Respiratory Oxygen
     Requirements of Fishes".  This document is available as an Adobe(*)
     Acrobat(*) Portable Document Format (PDF) file (USERMANU.PDF) within the
     DOCUMENT sub-directory if the user chose to install the user's manual
     from the INSTALHC.EXE program install menu.

     To view, print, and/or navigate a PDF document, a reader program must be
     installed on the users computer system.  A free Adobe reader allows the
     user to view, navigate, and/or print PDF files across all major
     computing platforms.  Acrobat Reader is a free viewing companion to
     Adobe Acrobat 3.0 and is available free from the Adobe world wide web
     (WWW) site at Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address:
     http://www.adobe.com.

     To ensure that the user can view and/or print a PDF file in its
     entirety, the user must down load and install the most recent
     version/edition of the free Acrobat Reader.  PDF files can be viewed
     across multiple platforms (Mac, Microcomputer, UNIX) using the
     appropriate reader for that platform.

     * Adobe, Acrobat, and Adobe Type Manager are trademarks of Adobe Systems
     Incorporated and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
     (C) Copyright 1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated.  All rights reserved.

     Refer to file READ.ME in the README sub-directory for further
     information on the storage format and hardware and/or software
     print/view requirement(s) of the user's manual file.

5)   Summary of major scientific/application and/or operational changes:

     None as of Monday, 7 December 1998. Time: 09:21:55 (release date).

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