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>>-SD--file-name------------------------------------------------>

>--+------------------------------------------------------------------+-->
   '-RECORD--+-+----------+--integer3--+------------+---------------+-'   
             | '-CONTAINS-'            '-CHARACTERS-'               |     
             +-+----------+--integer6--TO--integer7--+------------+-+     
             | '-CONTAINS-'                          '-CHARACTERS-' |     
             '-| varying |--+--------------------------------+------'     
                            '-DEPENDING--+----+--data-name-1-'            
                                         '-ON-'                           

>--+-------------------------------------------------+--.------><
   |                                 .-------------. |      
   |      (1)                        V             | |      
   '-DATA------+-RECORD--+----+---+----data-name-2-+-'      
               |         '-IS-'   |                         
               '-RECORDS--+-----+-'                         
                          '-ARE-'                           

varying

|--+----+--VARYING--+----+--+------+--+---------------------+--->
   '-IS-'           '-IN-'  '-SIZE-'  '-+------+--integer-4-'   
                                        '-FROM-'                

>--+---------------+--+------------+----------------------------|
   '-TO--integer-5-'  '-CHARACTERS-'   

Notes:
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