<s>
the	O
AFP	B-Application
Conversion	I-Application
and	I-Application
Indexing	I-Application
Facility	I-Application
or	O
ACIF	B-Application
is	O
an	O
Advanced	B-Application
Function	I-Application
Presentation	I-Application
utility	B-Application
program	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACIF	B-Application
is	O
distributed	O
with	O
Print	O
Services	O
Facility	O
for	O
z/OS	B-Application
,	O
z/VM	B-Application
,	O
and	O
z/VSE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AFP	B-Application
Conversion	I-Application
and	I-Application
Indexing	I-Application
Facility	I-Application
(	O
ACIF	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
batch	O
application	O
development	O
utility	O
that	O
lets	O
users	O
create	O
documents	O
by	O
formatting	O
line	O
data	O
(	O
record	B-Application
format	I-Application
and	O
traditional	O
)	O
,	O
XML	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
unformatted	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
into	O
MO:DCA	O
(	O
Mixed	O
Object	O
Document	O
Content	O
Architecture	O
)	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
and	O
other	O
DCA	O
documents	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
indexed	O
and	O
printed	O
with	O
IBM	O
Infoprint	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
or	O
IBM	O
Print	O
Services	O
Facility	O
(	O
PSF	O
)	O
,	O
viewed	O
with	O
the	O
AFP	B-Application
Workbench	O
Viewer	O
,	O
or	O
stored	O
in	O
an	O
archival	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACIF	B-Application
provides	O
indexing	B-Library
and	O
resource	O
retrieval	O
capabilities	O
that	O
let	O
users	O
view	O
,	O
distribute	O
,	O
archive	O
,	O
and	O
retrieve	O
document	O
files	O
across	O
systems	O
and	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
AFP	B-Application
data	O
streams	O
ACIF	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
Tag	O
Logical	O
Element	O
(	O
TLE	O
)	O
structured	O
field	O
( 	O
 '	O
D3A090'x	O
)	O
to	O
supply	O
the	O
indexing	B-Library
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
non-AFP	O
data	O
the	O
indexing	B-Library
values	O
are	O
extracted	O
from	O
the	O
data	O
stream	O
using	O
control	O
statements	O
that	O
specify	O
the	O
line	O
on	O
the	O
page	O
,	O
the	O
column	O
within	O
the	O
line	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
length	O
of	O
each	O
field	O
composing	O
the	O
index	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACIF	B-Application
accepts	O
data	O
from	O
an	O
application	O
in	O
these	O
formats	O
:	O
</s>
