What Is the OSIRIS Engine?
The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) uses the OSIRIS file format for distribution of its data files. SAS provides the OSIRIS interface library engine to support the many users of the ICPSR data and to be compatible with PROC CONVERT. With the OSIRIS engine, you can read OSIRIS data and dictionary files directly from a SAS program. The following discussion assumes that you are familiar with the OSIRIS file terminology and structure. If you are not, refer to the documentation provided by ICPSR.
