Abstract:This paper describes the CSJP database comprehensively, which has been developed by the Information Research Office, the Earthquake Research Institute of Lanzhou. It is designed by VAX DATATRIEVE, VAX Common Data Dictionary softwares on VAX 11/750 minicomputer, so the CSJP database is an English documental database. It mainly collects journal papers about the earthquake prediction research from 50 Plus journalswhich are edited and issued in China. Among of them, 16 journals are edited and issued by seismological institutes or provincial seismological bureaus which belong to State Seismological Bureau. Referring the ISO and Chinese biliographical description rules, we design the format and data items [fields] of a documental record standard and in common use. The length of a record for a paper is fixed, 1898 bytes long, including abstract 1020 bytes. There are about 800 plus papers every year. Tapes or disks of the documental database can be exchanged or sold at home and abroad.
