ANSI INCITS 144 : 1988

CHAPTER 1 - FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
0. Introduction
1. Scope and field of application
2. Referenced and related publications
2.1 Referenced standards
2.2 Related standards
3. Definitions
4. The Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics
     System
4.1 About this chapter of ANSI X3.144-1988
4.2 Overview
4.3 Concepts
4.4 The centralized structure store
4.5 Graphical output
4.6 Workstations
4.7 Coordinate systems and transformations
4.8 Graphical input
4.9 PHIGS metafile interface
4.10 PHIGS states
4.11 Inquiry functions
4.12 Error handling
4.13 Special interfaces between PHIGS and application
     program
4.14 Minimum support criteria
5. PHIGS Functional Specification
5.1 Notational conventions
5.2 Control functions
5.3 Output primitive functions
5.4 Attribute specification functions
5.5 Transformation and clipping functions
5.6 Structure content functions
5.7 Structure manipulation functions
5.8 Structure display functions
5.9 Structure archiving functions
5.10 Input functions
5.11 Metafile functions
5.12 Inquiry functions
5.13 Error control functions
5.14 Special interface function
6. PHIGS data structures
6.1 Notation and data types
6.2 Operating states
6.3 PHIGS description table
6.4 PHIGS traversal state list
6.5 PHIGS state list
6.6 Workstation state list
6.7 Workstation description table
6.8 Structure state list
6.9 PHIGS error state list
APPENDIXES
A. Function Lists
B. Error list
C. Interfaces
D. Allowable differences in PHIGS implementations
E. The PHIGS viewing model
F. PHIGS/GKS differences
G. HLHSR considerations
H. Relationship of CGM and PHIGS
I. Colour models
CHAPTER 2 - ARCHIVE FILE FORMAT
0. Introduction
0.1 Purpose
0.2 Reasons for this chapter of ANSI X3.144-1988
0.3 Design principles
0.4 Design criteria
0.5 Access to an archive file
0.6 Generation and retrieval of archive files
0.7 Distinction between formal specification and encodings
0.8 Relationship to other standards
1. Scope and field of application
2. Related standards
2.1 American National Standards
2.2 Other Standards
3. Definitions
4. Concepts
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Notational conventions
4.3 Archive file structure
5. Conformance
5.1 Forms of conformance
5.2 Functional Conformance of archive files
5.3 Full conformance of archive files
5.4 Conformance of other encodings
CHAPTER 3 - CLEAR-TEXT ENCODING OF ARCHIVE FILE
0. Introduction
0.1 Purpose of PHIGS archive file clear-text encoding
0.2 Primary objectives
0.3 Relationship to other standards
1. Scope and field of application
2. Related standards
2.1 Armerican National Standards
2.2 Other standards
3. Definitions
4. Clear-text encoding format
4.1 Notational conventions
4.2 Archive file format
4.3 Encoding the PHIGS archive file elements
4.4 Clear-text encoding conformance
Appendices
A. Clear-text encoding-dependent formal grammar

Covers set of functions for computer graphics programming the Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System (PHIGS)