Foreword
Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Definition
4.1 case
4.2 clamping zone
4.3 Control Track
4.4 Cyclic Redundancy Check
4.5 defects management
4.6 Disk Reference Plane
4.7 entrance surface
4.8 Error Correction Code (ECC)
4.9 format
4.10 Frame
4.11 holding feature
4.12 interleaving
4.13 mark
4.14 optical disk
4.15 optical disk cartridge
4.16 recording layer
4.17 Reed-Solomon code
4.18 sector
4.19 space
4.20 spindle
4.21 substrate
4.22 track
4.23 track pitch
4.24 WORM disk
4.25 Zone
5 Conventions
5.1 Representation of numbers
5.2 Names
6 Acronyms
7 General description of the optical disk cartridge
8 General requirements
8.1 Environments
8.1.1 Testing environment
8.1.2 Operating environment
8.1.3 Storage environment
8.1.4 Transportation
8.2 Safety requirements
8.3 Flammability
9 Reference drive
9.1 Optical system
9.2 Optical beam
9.3 Read channels
9.4 Tracking
9.5 Rotation of the disk
Section 2- Mechanical and physical characteristics
10 Dimensional and physical characteristics of the case
10.1 General description of the case
10.2 Reference planes of the case
10.3 Dimensions of the case
10.3.1 Overall dimensions
10.3.2 Location hole
10.3.3 Alignment hole
10.3.4 Reference surfaces
10.3.5 Detents
10.3.6 Write-inhibit feature
10.3.7 Head and spindle access windows
10.3.8 Shutter, shutter openers and
mis-insert protection feature
10.4 Mechanical characteristics
10.4.1 Material
10.4.2 Mass
10.4.3 Distortion
10.4.4 Compliance
10.4.5 Shutter opening force
11 Dimensional, mechanical and physical characteristics of
the disk
11.1 General description of the disk
11.2 Reference axis and plane of the disk
11.3 Dimensions of the disk
11.3.1 Centre zone
11.3.2 Clamping zone
11.3.3 Transition zone
11.3.4 Information zone
11.3.5 Rim zone
11.4 Mechanical characteristics
11.4.1 Material
11.4.2 Mass
11.4.3 Moment of inertia
11.4.4 Imbalance
11.4.5 Axial defection
11.4.6 Axial acceleration
11.4.7 Radial runout
11.4.8 Radial acceleration
11.4.9 Tilt
11.5 Optical characteristics
11.5.1 Index of refraction
11.5.2 Thickness of the substrate
12 Interface between cartridge and drive
12.1 Clamping method
12.2 Hub
12.3 Clamping force
12.4 Capture cylinder
12.5 Disk position in operation condition
Section 3 - Format of information
13 Track geometry
13.1 Track shape
13.2 Direction of rotation
13.3 Track pitch
13.4 Track number
14 Track format
14.1 Track layout
14.2 Direction of rotation
14.3 Sector number
15 Frame and sector format
15.1 Frame format
15.1.1 Servo-and-address field
15.1.2 Data area
15.1.3 Physical representation of the marks
15.2 Sector format
15.2.1 Gaps
15.2.2 Laser Power Test field
15.2.3 VFO field
15.2.4 Data field
16 Recording
17 Format of the information zone
17.1 General description of the information zone
17.2 Division of the information zone
17.2.1 PEP control zone
17.2.2 System zone
17.2.3 Test zones
17.2.4 SFP control zones
17.2.5 Data zone
17.2.6 Buffer zone
18 Format of the data zone
19 Defect management
19.1 Hash code replacement algorithm
19.2 Write procedure
Section 4 - Characteristics of embossed pre-formatted
information
20 Method of testing
20.1 Environment
20.2 Reference drive
20.2.1 Optics and mechanics
20.2.2 Read power
20.2.3 Read channel
20.2.4 Tracking
20.3 Definition of signals
21 Signals from grooves
21.1 Phase depth
21.2 Track location
22 Signals from servo-and-address fields
23 Signals from embossed data fields
24 Signals from PEP control zone
Section 5 - Characteristics of the recording layer
25 Method of testing
25.1 Environment
25.2 Reference drive
25.2.1 Optics and mechanics
25.2.2 Read power
25.2.3 Read power
25.2.4 Tracking
25.3 Write conditions
25.3.1 Write pulse
25.4 Definition of signals
26 Optical characteristics
26.1 Baseline reflectivity
26.2 Uniformity of reflectivity
27 Read and write characteristics
27.1 Sensitivity of the recording layer
27.1.1 Optical conditions
27.1.2 Write power and writing conditions
27.1.3 Characteristics of the written marks
27.1.4 Definition and measurement conditions
27.2 Read characteristics
27.2.1 Optical conditions
27.2.2 Read power
27.2.3 Reflectivity characteristics
27.2.4 Carrier-to-noise ratio
27.2.5 Cross-talk
27.2.6 Environment
Section 6 - Characteristics of user data
28 Method of testing
28.1 Environment
28.2 Reference drive
28.2.1 Optics and mechanics
28.2.2 Read power
28.2.3 Read amplifiers
28.2.4 Analog-to-binary converters
28.2.5 Data clock
28.2.6 Binary-to-digital conversion
28.2.7 Error correction
28.2.8 Tracking
29 Minimum quality of a sector
29.1 User-written data
30 Data interchange requirements
30.1 Tracking
30.2 User-written data
30.3 Quality of disk
Annexes
A Distortion test
B Compliance test
C Track deviation measurement
D Replacement algorithm
E Interleave and ECC of the data fields of a sector
F PEP control zone
G Control data of the SFP
H Guidelines on sector replacement
J Test method for the holding characteristics of the disk
K Derivation of the operating climatic environment for the
ODC
L Description of the office environment
M Transportation guideline