文档介绍：Standard ECMA-119
2 nd Edition - December 1987
Reprinted September 1998
Standardizing Information munication Systems
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of CDROM for Information
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Standard ECMA-119
2 nd Edition - December 1987
Standardizing Information munication Systems
Volume and File Structure of
CDROM for Information
Interchange
Phone: +41 22 - Fax: +41 22 - URL: - : ******@
Brief History
In the past pact disks originally developed for recording music have also been used for recording data as they allow
recording of large amounts of information in a reliable and economic manner. As a read-only medium they are particularly
suitable for use in applications such as auditing and legal documents. It appeared very quickly that there is an urgent need for a
stable standard for the structure of pact disks and of the files recorded thereon.
In October 1985 a number of industrial and panies in the USA invited experts to participate in the development of
a working paper for such a project. The result of this work, in which also expert members of ECMA/TC15 as well as from
Japan participated, was a report dated May 1986 and known as the “High Sierra Group” proposal.
This proposal was submitted in Europe to ECMA for their consideration. ECMA TC15, in collaboration with experts from user
organizations, invested a considerable amount of work into this proposal in order to clarify plete its technical contents
and to re-edit it in a form suitable for an Standard. Particular attention was given to conformance aspects by applying the same
editing principles as for the other standards for labelling, such as ECMA-13 (ISO 1001) and ECMA-107 (ISO 9293). As a
result Standard ECMA-119 was issued in December 1986.
This ECMA Standard was submitted by ECMA to ISO for processing as an International Standard under the ISO fast-track
procedure, whi