BS 7061:1989

This standard BS 7061:1989 Specification for volume and file structure of compact read only optical disks (CD-ROM) for information interchange is classified in these ICS categories:

• 35.220.30 Optical storage devices

This International Standard specifies the volume and file structure of compact read only optical disks (CD-ROM) for the interchange of information between users of information processing systems.

This International Standard specifies

• the attributes of the volume and the descriptors recorded on it;
• the relationship among volumes of a volume set;
• the placement of files;
• the attributes of the files;
• record structures intended for use in the input or output data streams of an application program when such data streams are required to be organized as sets of records;
• three nested levels of medium interchange;
• two nested levels of implementation;
• requirements for the processes which are provided within information processing systems, to enable information to be interchanged between different systems, utilizing recorded CD-ROM as the medium of interchange; for this purpose it specifies the functions to be provided within systems which are intended to originate or receive CD-ROM which conform to this International Standard.