This information is needed for entering new information into the data base. Because of its technical character, no great effort has been put into the formatting.
Here is an explanation of the naming schemes for computer hosts and files in ECSTER (somewhat outdated).
Countries
[cb/countries/rix]
Cities
[cb/cities/rix]
Institutes
[cb/institutes/rix]
Groups
[groups/rix]
Conferences
[conferences/conflist]
Journals
[journals/index]
Publishers
[publishers/index]
Authors, additional (not included in the main list)
[researchers/authors-ix]