| ### Bridge specifications

Your bridges should perform these functions as needed:

- Translate date formats
- Remove invalid and truncated values during forward bridge (YY to CCYY)
- Insert invalid and reserved values during backward bridge (CCYY to YY); your program logic may depend on the reserved values
- Translate file formats and database recoverability
- Determine sequence of bridging, unbridging, rebridging
- Specify jobs and schedule for running bridges
- Implement common I/O modules before bridging
- Pass a transaction file rather than perform updates
- Modify existing bridges/interfaces
- Capture before/after images to facilitate testing on-line bridges (use the tracing capability of the debugger)
- Accept parameter to shift dates passing through bridge to facilitate year 2000 testing

During the Find/Fix activities, you will Design the bridges.

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