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API 66 : 1996
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RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION DATA DIGITAL INTERCHANGE
29-01-2024
01-06-1996
PART 1: MODEL AND METHODOLOGY
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Concepts
4 Audience
5 Schema Categories
6 Schema Administration
7 Data Model
8 Schema Specification
9 Notation: How to Refer to an Attribute
10 Dictionary Specification
PART 2: LOGICAL FORMAT
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
4 Concepts
5 Representation Codes
6 Visible Record
7 Logical Record
8 Explicitly-Formatted Logical Record (EFLR)
9 Indirectly-Formatted Logical Record (IFLR)
10 Logical File
11 Representation Code Descriptions
PART 3: PHYSICAL BINDINGS
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Concepts
4 Storage Unit Terminology and Requirements
5 Storage Set Terminology and Requirements
6 Storage Unit Label Contents
7 Binding to Standard Magnetic Tapes
8 Binding to Random Access Files
9 Binding to Peer-to-Peer Communication Streams
PART 4: THE API-SI MODEL
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
4 Concepts
5 Unit Expression Grammar
6 Unit Conversion
PART 5: THE API-SI UNIT SYMBOLS
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 References
3 Base Unit Symbols
4 Derived Unit Symbols
PART 6: BASIC SCHEMA
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Authority
4 Concepts
5 Unit model
6 Dictionary-Controlled Identifiers
7 Required vs Optional Use of Attributes
8 Frequently-used Attributes
9 Required Object Types
10 Optional Object Types
PART 7: BASIC SCHEMA DICTIONARY
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Authority
3 Concepts
4 Channel Reference Values
5 Frame Reference Values
6 Process Reference Values
PART 8: DLIS SCHEMA
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Authority
4 Concepts
5 Unit model
6 Dictionary-Controlled Identifiers
7 Required vs Optional Use of Attributes
8 Frequently-Used Attributes
9 DLIS Object Types
PART 9: DLIS DICTIONARY
1 Introduction
2 Authority
3 Concepts
4 Calibration-Measurement Reference Values
5 O/Channel Reference Values
6 O/Computation Reference Values
7 Equipment Reference Values
8 Message Reference Values
9 O/Parameter Reference Values
10 O/Zone Reference Values
APPENDIX A: ORGANIZATION CODES
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Assignment of Organization Codes
Figures
2-1 Conceptual View of a Logical Format (bound to a
Physical Format)
2-2 Visible Record Structure
2-3 Logical Record Segmentation (Without Encryption)
2-4 Logical Record Segmentation (With Encryption)
2-5 Application-Level View of a Set (Type = FOO)
2-6 Component-Level View of a Set
2-7 Component Structure
2-8 Examples of Attribute Component
2-9 Structure of an IFLR Body and Relation to its
Data Descriptor
6-1 Examples of Aggregates
6-2 A Frame Block
6-3 An Unbounded Grid of Frame Type Indexes
8-1 Spatial Coordinate System for a Wellbore Path
8-2 Illustration of Simple Two-point Linear
Calibration
8-3 Tool String Configuration
Tables
2-1 Visible Record Header Fields
2-2 Logical Record Segment Header Fields
2-3 Logical Record Segment Header Attributes
2-4 Logical Record Segment Encryption Packet Fields
2-5 Logical Record Segment Trailer Fields
2-6 Component Structure
2-7 Component Role
2-8 Normal, Redundant and Replacement Set Components
2-9 Object Component
2-10 Attribute Components
2-11 IFLR Modifier Options
2-12 Representation Code Summary
2-13 Compound Representation Code Descriptions
3-1 Storage Unit Label Fields
3-2 Storage Unit Structure Options
5-1 SI Base Unit Symbols
5-2 API-SI Base Unit Symbols - Non-Currency
5-3 AO-SI Currency Base Unit Symbols
5-4 API-SI Derived Unit Symbols
6-1 Frequently-Used Attributes
6-2 FILE-HEADER Attributes
6-3 ORIGIN Attributes
6-4 AXIS Attributes
6-5 CHANNEL Attributes
6-6 COMMENT Attributes
6-7 COMPUTATION Attributes
6-8 FRAME Attributes
6-9 GROUP Attributes
6-10 NO-FORMAT Attributes
6-11 ORIGIN-TRANSLATION Attributes
6-12 PARAMETER Attributes
6-13 PROCESS Attributes
6-14 UPDATE Attributes
6-15 ZONE Attributes
6-16 Updatable Attributes
7-1 CHANNEL:DIRECTION Reference Values
7-2 CHANNEL:FLAGS Reference Values
7-3 FRAME:FLAGS Reference Values
7-4 PROCESS:STATUS Reference Values
8-1 Calibration attributes
8-2 CALIBRATION-COEFFICIENT Attributes
8-3 CALIBRATION-MEASUREMENT Attributes
8-4 DLIS-CONTEXT Attributes
8-5 EQUIPMENT Attributes
8-6 MESSAGE Attributes
8-7 PATH Attributes
8-8 SPLICE Attributes
8-9 TOOL Attributes
8-10 WELLBORE-PATH-DATUM Attributes
8-11 Updatable Attributes
9-1 CALIBRATION-MEASURE-PHASE Reference Values
9-2 O/CHANNEL:KIND Reference Values
9-3 O/CHANNEL;PROPERTIES Reference Values
9-4 EQUIPMENT;LOCATION Reference Values
9-5 EQUIPMENT;TYPE Reference Values
9-6 MESSAGE;TYPE Reference Values
9-7 O/ZONE:DOMAIN Reference Values
A-1 Organization Codes
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