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ISO STANDARDS

Media interchange and quality management are supported by the work of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and its member organizations such as the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the Association française de normalisation (AFNOR), the British Standards Institution (BSI), the Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN), the European Computer Manufacturers Organization (ECMA), the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC), and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC). The following published Standards detail the requirements necessary for interchange and minimum acceptable quality. Equivalent ECMA Standards are listed in parenthesis, and can be downloaded from the ECMA website.

ICS Code 35.220: Information Technology; Office Machines: Data Storage Devices

DISKETTES    ICS Code 35.220.21 OPTICAL DISKS    ICS Code 35.220.30 HELICAL SCAN MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE    ICS Code 35.220.22 Link to ISO Site Listing International Standards    http://www.iso.org/
Link to ISO Standards Catalog     http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueListPage.CatalogueList
Link to ISO Site Listing Magnetic Disk Storage Standards     http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueListPage.CatalogueList?ICS1=35&ICS2=220&ICS3=21
Link to ISO Site Listing Optical Storage Standards     http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueListPage.CatalogueList?ICS1=35&ICS2=220&ICS3=30
Link to Current Standards Activity    http://www.y-adagio.com/public/
Link to IEC Site Listing International Standards    http://www.iec.ch/
Link to ANSI/NSSN Gateway    http://www.nssn.org/
Link to ECMA Site Listing National Standards    http://www.ecma-international.org/
Link to T10 Site Listing SCSI Multimedia Commands (CD and DVD) (Mt. Fuji)    http://www.t10.org/
Link to OSTA Specifications    http://www.osta.org/specs/
Link to Joliet Site    http://www-plateau.cs.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/jolspec.html
Link to Unicode Consortium Site    http://www.unicode.org/
Link to Rock Ridge Site    ftp://ftp.ymi.com/pub/rockridge/
Link to Apple HFS Sites    http://developer.apple.com/technotes/fl/fl_36.html and http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1150.html
      also http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/Devices/Devices 119.html and http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/Files/Files-99.html
Link to El Torito Bootable CD Site     http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres/98D3219C-9CC9-4DF5-B496-A286D893E36A/0/specscdrom.pdf

PRIVATE STANDARDS FOR OPTICAL DISKS
Link to Philips Color Books    http://www.licensing.philips.com/
Link to Mt. Rainier (CD-RW)    http://www.licensing.philips.com/information/mtr/
Link to DVD Books    http://www.dvdforum.org/

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HOW TO OBTAIN ISO STANDARDS

ISO publications are available from many ISO member organizations. The organization for your area may be obtained from:
ISO Central Secretariat
1, rue de Varembé, Case postale 56
CH-1211 Genève 20, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 749 01 11     Telefax: +41 22 733 34 30
Telex: +41 22 05 iso ch     Telegrams: isorganiz
E-mail: central@iso.org     URL: http://www.iso.org/
European Computer Manufacturers Association publications or information may be obtained from:
ECMA
114, Rue du Rhone
CH-1204 Geneva, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 849 60 00     Telefax: +41 22 840 60 01
E-mail: documents@ecma.ch     URL: http://www.ecma-international.org/
A comprehensive list of ISO member bodies may be found on the Internet:
URL: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/aboutiso/isomembers/MemberList.MemberSummary?MEMBERCODE=10
Providers are also listed on the ANSI/National Standards System Network:
URL: http://www.nssn.org/
A partial list follows:
Canada (SCC)
Standards Council of Canada
45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1200
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6N7
Telephone: +1 613 238 32 22     Telefax: +1 613 995 45 64
Telex: 053 44 03 stancan ott     Telegrams: stancan ottawa
URL: http://www.scc.ca/
France (AFNOR)
Association française de normalisation
Tour Europe
F-92049 Paris La Défense Cedex
Telephone: +33 1 42 91 55 55     Telefax: +33 1 42 91 56 56
Telex: 61 19 74 afnor f     Telegrams: afnor courbevoie
Germany (DIN)
DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung
Burggrafenstrasse 6
D-10787 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 26 01-0     Telefax: +49 30 26 01 12 31
Telex: 18 42 73 din d     Telegrams: deutschnormen berlin
Internet: postmaster@din.de X.400: c=de; a=d400; p=din; s=postmaster
URL: http://www.din.de/
Japan (JISC)
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee
c/o Standards Department
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
1-3-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100
Telephone: +81 3 35 01 92 95     Telefax: +81 3 35 80 14 18
Telex: 02 42 42 45 jsatyo j     Telegrams: mitijisc tokyo
URL: http://www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/ikeda/JIS/index.html
United Kingdom (BSI)
British Standards Institution
389 Chiswick High Road
GB-London W4 4AL
Telephone: +44 181 996 90 00     Telefax: +44 181 996 74 00
USA (ANSI)
American National Standards Institute
11 West 42nd Street, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10036 U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 212 642 49 00     Telefax: +1 212 398 00 23
Telex: 42 42 96 ansi ui     Telegrams: standards, new york
URL: http://www.ansi.org/
ISO documents can be ordered from:
Global Engineering Documents
15 Inverness Way East
Englewood, CO 80112 U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 800 854 7179     Canada: +1 800 387 4408
Telephone: +1 303 790 0600     Telefax: +1 303 397 2740
International: Telephone: +1 303 397 7956
Telefax: +1 303 397 7935 or +1 303 397 2740
URL: http://www.ihs.com/
Document Center Inc.
111 Industrial Road Suite 9
Belmont, CA 94002 U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 650 591 7600     Telefax: +1 650 591 7617
URL: http://www.document-center.com/
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