the data tables, which constitute the nelson diversity surveys, were rapidly made available publicly, freely and online, so that constituents could use them for their own purposes. data tables for nds fy2002, fy2005, and fy2007 are listed there by discipline, so that each discipline has a group of links listed below it. each link points to a table for that discipline. disciplines are presented there so that the last discipline (earth science) added to the nds is at the top of the list, and below that the disciplines are organized roughly according to similarities among data for disciplines. within discipline headings, tables are listed by survey year, and within the year of the survey, tables are listed either by the group of “top 50” ranked departments or the next group of departments, ranked 51 - ~100. there are a total of about 75 such tables of departmental data at the website.