CARMAN is a web based document storage and retrieval system with a Universal Document Viewer that works in an Intranet/Internet environment. The Viewer has the ability to view over 190 different types of file formats, which include database, graphic, spreadsheet, word-processing, archival files etc.

CARMAN has components like structured database to store information about a document, file system to store documents, retrieval system to trace individual document and a viewer to facilitate to manipulate the views (Magnifying, Rotating, Cross-sectional view etc.) or mark up a particular area of interest in a document

The user is provided with GUI facilities to select a required document using various search criteria.