DataFile

OBJECT CLASS DataFile
             isa* ScanObject, isa* FSobject
  DESCRIPTION: "Data acquired as a result of running an expmt."
  ATTRIBUTE scan
            DERIVATION: ! dataFile [ Scan ]
            DESCRIPTION: "Scan that produced the datafile"
  ATTRIBUTE Comments: [0,1] VARCHAR(255)
            DESCRIPTION: "Comments about the contents of the file"

The DataFile class represents a textual data file that exists on the disk. The pathName attribute describes the absolute pathname to the datafile by which it can be accessed by the OPM server. (Perhaps in the future an attribute should be added to reflect the type of data stored in the file.)