Folgende Syntax wird für Datendeklarationen erkannt:
>>-level-number--+-------------+--+------------------+---------->
+-data-name-1-+ '-redefines-clause-'
'-FILLER------'
>--+------------------------+--+-----------------------+-------->
'-blank-when-zero-clause-' '-dynamic-length-clause-'
>--+----------+-----+--------+--+--------------------+---------->
'-EXTERNAL-' '-GLOBAL-' '-group-usage-clause-'
>--+------------------+--+---------------+---------------------->
'-justified-clause-' '-occurs-clause-'
>--+----------------+--+-------------+-------------------------->
'-picture-clause-' '-sign-clause-'
>--+---------------------+--+--------------+-------------------->
'-synchronized-clause-' '-usage-clause-'
>--+--------------+--+----------+-------------------------------><
'-value-clause-' '-VOLATILE-'
>>-BLANK--+------+--+-ZERO---+---------------------------------><
'-WHEN-' +-ZEROS--+
'-ZEROES-'
>>--DYNAMIC--+--------+--+-----------------------------+--><
'-LENGTH-' '-LIMIT--+------+--integer-1--'
'--IS--'
>>-GROUP-USAGE--+----+--+--NATIONAL--+-----------------------------><
'-IS-' '---UTF-8----'
>>-+-JUSTIFIED-+--+-------+------------------------------------>< '-JUST------' '-RIGHT-'
>>-OCCURS--integer-2--+-------+--------------------------------->
'-TIMES-'
.------------------------------------------------------.
V |
>----+--------------------------------------------------+-+----->
| .-------------. |
| V | |
'-+-ASCENDING--+--+-----+--+----+----data-name-2-+-'
'-DESCENDING-' '-KEY-' '-IS-'
>--+-----------------------------------+-----------------------><
| .--------------. |
| V | |
'-INDEXED--+----+----index-name-1-+-'
'-BY-'
>>-OCCURS--+---------------+--+--integer-2--+--+-------+--DEPENDING--->
'-integer-1--TO-' '--UNBOUNDED-- '-TIMES-'
>--+----+--data-name-1------------------------------------------>
'-ON-'
.------------------------------------------------------.
V |
>----+--------------------------------------------------+-+----->
| .-------------. |
| V | |
'-+-ASCENDING--+--+-----+--+----+----data-name-2-+-'
'-DESCENDING-' '-KEY-' '-IS-'
>--+-----------------------------------+-----------------------><
| .--------------. |
| V | |
'-INDEXED--+----+----index-name-1-+-'
'-BY-'
>>-+-PICTURE-+--+----+--character-string--+--------------------------------+--><
'-PIC-----' '-IS-' '-BYTE-LENGTH--+----+-integer-1--'
'-IS-'
>>--REDEFINES--data-name-2-------------------------------------><
>>-+--------------+--+-LEADING--+--+-------------------------+--><
'-SIGN--+----+-' '-TRAILING-' '-SEPARATE--+-----------+-'
'-IS-' '-CHARACTER-'
>>-+-SYNCHRONIZED-+--+-------+---------------------------------><
'-SYNC---------' +-LEFT--+
'-RIGHT-'
>>-+---------------+--+-BINARY--+--------+--------------+------><
'-USAGE--+----+-' | '-NATIVE-' |
'-IS-' +-COMP--+--------+----------------+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-COMP-1--+--------+--------------+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-COMP-2--+--------+--------------+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-COMP-3--+------------+----------+
| | (1) | |
| '-NATIVE-----' |
+-COMP-4--+--------+--------------+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-COMP-5--+------------+----------+
| | (1) | |
| '-NATIVE-----' |
+-COMPUTATIONAL--+--------+-------+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-COMPUTATIONAL-1--+--------+-----+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-COMPUTATIONAL-2--+--------+-----+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-COMPUTATIONAL-3--+------------+-+
| | (1) | |
| '-NATIVE-----' |
+-COMPUTATIONAL-4--+--------+-----+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-COMPUTATIONAL-5--+------------+-+
| | (1) | |
| '-NATIVE-----' |
+-DISPLAY--+--------+-------------+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-DISPLAY-1--+--------+-----------+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-INDEX---------------------------+
+-NATIONAL--+--------+------------+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-UTF-8-----+--------+------------+
| '-NATIVE-' |
+-----------objref phrase---------+
+-PACKED-DECIMAL--+------------+--+
| | (1) | |
| '-NATIVE-----' |
+-POINTER-------------------------+
+-PROCEDURE-POINTER---------------+
'-FUNCTION-POINTER----------------'
>>-VALUE--+----+--+--literal--+--------------------------------><
'-IS-' +-NULL------+
'-NULLS-----'
>>-66--data-name-1--RENAMES--data-name-2------------------------>
>--+--------------------------+--------------------------------><
'-+-THROUGH-+--data-name-3-'
'-THRU----'
>>-88--condition-name-1--+-VALUE--+----+---+-------------------->
| '-IS-' |
'-VALUES--+-----+-'
'-ARE-'
.---------------------------------------.
V |
>----literal-1--+------------------------+-+--.----------------><
'-+-THROUGH-+--literal-2-'
'-THRU----'
>--+-------------------------------------------------------------------+--><
|--+--------+--+-------+--+------+--FALSE--+------+-----literal3----|
|--WHEN--| |--SET--| |--TO--| |--IS--|
Zusätzlich werden TAA-Objektdeklarationen erkannt.