• BS 6690:1986

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

    Specification for a data descriptive file for information interchange

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  15-06-1995

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-04-1986

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    National foreword
    Committees responsible
    Specification
    0 Introduction
    1 Scope and field of application
    2 Conformance
    3 References
    4 Definitions
    5 Interchange file
    6 Description of user data types and structures
    7 Coded character set extensions
    Annexes
    A Guidelines for implementation
    B Data field examples
    C DDF model and logical record structure
    Tables
    1 Delimiters and their uses
    2 Compound data field descriptors
    Figures
    1 File and file label schematic representation
    2 Expanded logical schematic representation of data
        descriptive file
    3 DDR schematic
    4 DDR leader schematic
    5 DDR entry map schematic
    6 DDR directory entry schematic
    7 File control field schematic
    8 DR leader schematic
    9 DR leader schematic
    10 DR entry map schematic
    11 DR directory entry schematic
    12 Level 2 data descriptive area schematic
        representation
    13 Examples of ordered rooted trees
    14 Generic structure of a logical record
    15 Instance of a user data tree
    16 Binary tree corresponding to the rooted tree shown
        in figure 15

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    Media-independent file and data record descriptions; description of data elements, vectors, arrays and hierarchies; a data descriptive file comprising a data descriptive record and companion data records; three levels of interchange depending on the complexity of the structure.

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    Committee ICT/1
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 7567-3:1992 Electronic transfer of geographic information (NTF) Specification for implementing NTF using BS 6690
    BS 7567-2:1992 Electronic transfer of geographic information (NTF) Specification for implementing plain NTF
    BS 7567-1:1992 Electronic transfer of geographic information (NTF) Specification for NTF structures

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 5769-1:1979 Specification for magnetic tape cassette and cartridge labelling and file structure, for information interchange Label standard version 1
    ISO/IEC 2022:1994 Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques
    BS 4732-2:1979 Specification for magnetic tape labelling and file structure for data interchange. Label standard version 3
    ISO 6093:1985 Information processing Representation of numerical values in character strings for information interchange
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