PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = "STREAM" OBJECT = TEXT INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = "ASCII" PUBLICATION_DATE = 2007-01-08 NOTE = "INDEX directory contents" END_OBJECT = TEXT END The INDEX directory includes an ASCII table that provides information about each data file on this volume. All fields in the table are separated by commas, and character fields enclosed in double quotation marks to allow the tables to be easily imported into spreadsheet programs. INDEX.TAB Required index table that identifies the location of each data file in this data set (all volumes). INDEX.LBL PDS detached label for INDEX.TAB.