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INCITS/ISO/IEC 8211 : 1994

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - SPECIFICATION FOR A DATA DESCRIPTIVE FILE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

23-07-2013

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-1994

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Conformance
4 Definitions and abbreviations
  4.1 Definitions
  4.2 Abbreviations
5 Interchange file and logical record structure
  5.1 File and logical record structure
  5.2 Logical records - leaders and directories
  5.3 Logical record field areas
6 Description of user data types and structures
  6.1 DDR leader fields related to data description
  6.2 Special field tags (tags = 0...0 to 0...9)
  6.3 Data descriptive fields in level 1 files
  6.4 Data descriptive fields in level 2 and 3 files
7 Use of coded character sets
  7.1 Announcement of coded character set extension
  7.2 ISO 2022 coded character set extension
  7.3 ISO/IEC 10646 coded character sets
Annex A ASN.1 and FTAM Registrations
      A.1 Abstract syntax identifier
      A.2 Transfer syntax identifier
      A.3 FTAM document type definitions
Annex B ISO/IEC 8211 Application Specifications
      B.1 Specification of ISO/IEC 8211 Exchange File Sets
      B.2 ISO/IEC 8211 data field description
      B.3 Examples of exchange set specification
Annex C Informal Introduction to ISO/IEC 8211
      C.1 ISO/IEC 8211 File, logical record and field constructs
      C.2 Data description and identification
      C.3 File and record contents
      C.4 Binary directories
Annex D Introduction to ISO/IEC 8211 Data Description
      D.1 Data description - user data
      D.2 Consistency of data description and data - validation
      D.3 Data description constructs
      D.4 Large application data structures
      D.5 Intra-record tree structures
      D.6 Coded character set extensions
Annex E Examples of Data Description
      E.1 Leader and file title field
      E.2 Examples of formats
      E.3 Examples of bit fields
      E.4 Examples of binary forms
      E.5 Examples of subfield labelling
Annex F DDF Hierarchical and Network Data Structures
      F.1 DDF hierarchical data structures
      F.2 Conversion to corresponding binary tree
      F.3 Network data structures
Annex G Database Data Transfer
      G.1 Essential features of database management systems
      G.2 Reduction to relational forms
Annex H Relationship to Other OSI Work
      H.1 OSI Basic reference model
      H.2 Relationship to FTAM virtual filestore model
      H.3 Relationship to other syntax notations
      H.4 Relationship to database management models
      H.5 Bibliography
      H.6 Summary of data types in other projects

Delineates an interchange format to facilitate the moving of files or parts of files containing data records between computer systems.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
82
PublisherName
Information Technology Industry Council
Status
Withdrawn

Standards Relationship
ISO/IEC 8211:1994 Identical

ISO/IEC 8859-1:1998 Information technology 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1
ISO/IEC 6429:1992 Information technology Control functions for coded character sets
IEC 60559:1989 Binary floating-point arithmetic for microprocessor systems
ISO/IEC 2022:1994 Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques
ISO/IEC 9834-2:1993 Information technology Open Systems Interconnection Procedures for the operation of OSI Registration Authorities Part 2: Registration procedures for OSI document types
ISO/IEC 8824:1990 Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
ISO 6093:1985 Information processing Representation of numerical values in character strings for information interchange
ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 Information technology Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane

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