Full functionality is realized when combined with source of target data access libraries.
This technology will be the essential element of any integrated datastore such as a Corporate Datastore, a Data Warehouse or an Asset Datastore. Testing by the sponsors of the beta release of the exchange operations has already resulted in Shell and Elf exchanging data in PEF file format. The first version of the software has been released to the sponsor companies and is available in the ILAB at POSC's Houston offices. The sponsor companies have been testing the exchange operations quite extensively with large data sets. The sponsors have taken advantage of the generic nature of the data exchange and no limitations have been placed on the entities or data types that can be exchanged.