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From: kaikow@standards.com (Howard Kaikow)
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Subject: ISO/IEC DIS 13490 (ECMA-168)
Date: 10 Jun 1993 22:02:03 -0500
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ISO/IEC DIS 13490: Volume and file structure of read-only and write-once 
                   compact disc media for information interchange

Thanks to Bob Bruce of Walnut Creek,  ISO/IEC DIS 13490 (ECMA-168) is now 
available via ftp or ftpmail.

It is available at ftp.cdrom.com in  /cdrom/ecma168.

-rw-rw-r--   1 ftp      daemon    1464291 Jun 10 12:13 ecma168a.eps
-rw-rw-r--   1 ftp      daemon     476887 Jun 10 12:17 ecma168a.eps.Z

You can get a uuencoded version (about 684523 bytes) via ftpmail.

ECMA 168 is published on A4 paper.

ECMA168A.EPS is the encapsulated postscript version. This has the same 
pagination and table of contents as the published standard.

When printing the A4 version on  US-style  printers, the top and/or bottom of 
each page would be lost. The bottom should not be a problem and the top 
presents the following losses:

        a. Page numbers
        b. Each page of each Part of the multipart standard has a Part
           number of the form ECMA-168/n, where n is the Part number. The
           loss of this makes flipping  back and forth to check cross 
           references a bit more cumbersome.

An 8.5" by 11" version is not available (it would take me at least .5 to 1 
day to create such a version). 

This not an easy document to read, but should make you happy just by seeing 
the functionality it offers.

Note that the ISO vote on the standard closes 11 September 1993, with 
planned resolution of the comments at a meeting tentatively scheduled for 
early November.

Should you wish to comment on the draft standard, comments need to be 
submitted thru the national standards organization in your own country.

If I am copied on any comments, I'll pass them along to ECMA and certain 
other interested parties.

Note that I presently do not follow alt.cd-rom or comp.arch.storage as the
NNTP software I presently have crashes my system. I do follow the cdrom-l and 
cdpub newslists.

Howard Kaikow
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