When building a materials database, important questions to consider are:

• What are the key decision points?

• Where can you find resources for help at those key decision points?

• How can standards help with the process of building a materials database?

MNL19 helps database design teams address questions for particular materials database applications, and more. The 105-page, fully illustrated manual focuses on the building of materials property databases and the standards that are available to assist in the process.Several chapters cover database development, with additional chapters on data and database quality, database operation, and data transfer.