It is the principle database management system in use on the central computer system at Stanford for research, instruction, and administration.
Sharing is one of the great success stories in the Consortium.
For example, Memorial University of Newfoundland is in the final stages of creating an integrated library system, which incorporates modules borrowed from Stanford University, Princeton University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Memorial was up and running with an online catalog only six months after joining the Consortium. You may create flat files, hierarchical files, relational, or network files. You may retrieve information sequentially, or through an index. You may store information in any form, and enter or display it in a different form.