April 16, 2005

Here is the latest version of the NCEAS dataset, Absolut5.

The three text files sp, ls, and loc are tab-delimited text versions of the relational tables. 
These can be read into a relational database and you will have a working version of Absolut5. 
Note: The text files have a header row that lists the fields.

The absolut5.txt file is, as usual, the huge flat-file representation of the complete data.

The file Absolut5.tra is a SAS transport file, which can be downloaded to obtain all four of the text files as SAS datasets,
suitable for your operating environment. The transport file needs SAS to unpack it on your computer.
Something like the following will work:

LIBNAME ndata '[path to destination directory on your comuter]';
LIBNAME trans XPORT '[path to file Absolut5.tra]';
PROC COPY IN = trans OUT = ndata;
RUN;