7.3 SHORT FORMATS HURIDOCS promotes the Events Standard Formats as standards for organisations to use in designing their databases, and for exchange of information among organisations. This means that any organisation is free to produce a computer program based on these Formats or their adaptations. The data model which programmers can adopt for this purpose is included as Appendix C in this volume. However, HURIDOCS recognises that there are many organisations that do not have the resources or the desire to produce computer programs on their own. Therefore HURIDOCS has taken on the task of developing and distributing a computer application for the most commonly used Windows operating system, called WinEvsys. The scope notes for completing the formats refer occasionally to WinEvsys in citing examples for data entry in computerised systems. Figure 7.2 The opening screen of the WinEvsys application WinEvsys, the computerised implementation of the Events Standard Formats as developed by HURIDOCS, allows for a number of possible adaptations, especially with regard to the modification of the Micro-thesauri. Modification can be done with the use of the Microsoft Access software. The procedures involved in making adaptations through WinEvsys are described in the WinEvsys manual. 77