VMS Help CMS, Overview  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 During development, team members continually make changes to project
 files.   CMS stores, keeps track of, and monitors these files (called
 elements).  CMS also lets you manipulate combinations of files within
 a library (called groups and classes).

 CMS stores project files in a central library where they are available
 to all project members.  Some of the functions you can perform using
 CMS include the following:

      (1) Store elements in a library for safekeeping

      (2) Retrieve elements, and modify and test them in your own
          directory

      (3) Control concurrent modifications to the same element

      (4) Merge concurrent modifications to a file

      (5) Create successive versions, or generations, of files

      (6) Compare two versions of an element within a library

      (7) Organize related library elements into groups

      (8) Define a set of various element generations (called a class)
          to make up a baselevel or release version of a project

      (9) Track which users are working on which files from the library

     (10) Maintain a historical account of element and library
          transactions

 A CMS library can store any type of file except for a directory file.

      (1) HELP CMS New_User explains how to invoke CMS.

      (2) HELP CMS CREATE LIBRARY tells how to establish a new project
          library.

      (3) HELP CMS gives a list of topics on which help is available.