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CSA ISO/IEC 8632-1 : 2001 : R2009

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - COMPUTER GRAPHICS - METAFILE FOR THE STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF PICTURE DESCRIPTION INFORMATION - PART 1: FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

12-07-2021

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2014

1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Terms and definitions
5 Symbols and abbreviated terms
6 Concepts
7 Abstract specifications of elements
8 Metafile defaults
9 Profiles and conformance
Annex A (normative) - Formal grammar of the functional
        specification of version 1 metafiles
Annex B (normative) - Formal grammar of the functional
        specification of version 2 metafiles
Annex C (normative) - Formal grammar of the functional
        specification of version 3 metafiles
Annex D (informative) - Guidelines for metafile
        generators and interpreters
Annex E (informative) - Guidelines for private encodings
Annex F (informative) - Reference models
Annex G (informative) - Conversions between CIEXYZ
        reference colour space & metafile colour spaces
Annex H (normative) - Formal grammar of the functional
        specification of version 4 metafiles
Annex I (normative) - Proforma tables and font metrics

Describes a file format suitable for the storage and retrieval of picture description information. The file format consists of an ordered set of elements that may be used to describe pictures in a way that is compatible between systems of different architectures, compatible with devices of differing capabilities and design, and meaningful to application constituencies.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
479
ProductNote
Reconfirmed EN
PublisherName
Canadian Standards Association
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO/IEC 8632-1:1999 Identical

ISO/IEC 10036:1996 Information technology Font information interchange Procedures for registration of font-related identifiers
ISO/IEC TR 10000-1:1998 Information technology Framework and taxonomy of International Standardized Profiles Part 1: General principles and documentation framework
ISO 7942:1985 Information processing systems Computer graphics Graphical Kernel System (GKS) functional description
ISO/IEC 9541-1:1991 Information technology — Font information interchange — Part 1: Architecture
ISO/IEC 9636-4:1991 Information technology Computer graphics Interfacing techniques for dialogues with graphical devices (CGI) Functional specification Part 4: Segments
ISO 8601:2004 Data elements and interchange formats Information interchange Representation of dates and times
ISO/IEC 9636-1:1991 Information technology Computer graphics Interfacing techniques for dialogues with graphical devices (CGI) Functional specification Part 1: Overview, profiles, and conformance
ISO/IEC 2375:2003 Information technology — Procedure for registration of escape sequences and coded character sets
ISO/IEC TR 10000-2:1998 Information technology Framework and taxonomy of International Standardized Profiles Part 2: Principles and Taxonomy for OSI Profiles
ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
ISO/IEC 9541-2:1991 Information technology — Font information interchange — Part 2: Interchange format
ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 Information technology Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane
ISO/IEC 9973:2013 Information technology Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation Procedures for registration of items

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