The Local System database contains the data for local Fonts, Modules, Users, MDBs, DB Sets, Scopes and ACRs: these elements correspond to those that existed in the System database of a Standard project. The communications data is held in a new LCOMW Location Communications world element. The Team World and Role Worlds still exist in the local System database, but they are empty. The Team data is stored in the Global Team World element GTMWL in the Global database, and the Role data is stored in the Global Role World.

The Location Communications World element LCOMW is called /*LC. It contains elements that describe the communications between one Location and all the other Locations with which it can communicate. The LCOMW element owns a LCOMC element, LCOML elements and LCTIML elements.

Files such as Isodraft external plot files are not propagated automatically by the global daemon. However, there is a mechanism in the daemon to allow such files to be transferred to and from neighbouring locations, during scheduled updates (or the UPDATE ALL command). The directory to receive transferred files is defined by the environment variable %IMPORT%. Each location to which files are to be transferred requires its own transfer directory - %EXP_ABC% for location ABC. Transfer of other data is described more fully in the Global User Guide.

Offline locations: Note that transfer of such files to or from offline locations must be done manually.