CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 16382-04 (R2014)

Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Terms and definitions
5 Conventions and notations
6 Environment and safety
Section 2 - Requirements for the unrecorded tape
7 Mechanical and electrical requirements
8 Magnetic recording characteristics
9 Tape quality
Section 3 - Mechanical specifications of the tape cartridge
10 Mechanical specifications of the tape cartridge
Section 4 - Requirements for an interchanged tape
11 Method of recording
12 Tape format
13 Data format
14 Use of Blocks
15 Format of Entities
16 Format of Envelopes
17 Error handling
Annex A - Measurement of light transmittance
Annex B - Generation of the Data Block CRCs
Annex C - ECC generation
Annex D - Generation of page CRCs
Annex E - Format of MAP entries
Annex F - Format of Control Field 1
Annex G - Format of Control Field 2
Annex H - Recommendations for transportation
Annex J - Inhibitor tape
Annex K - Recommendations on tape durability
Annex L - Handling guidelines

Scope This International Standard specifies the physical and magnetic characteristics of a 12,7 mm wide, 208-track magnetic tape cartridge, to enable physical interchangeability of such cartridges between drives. It also specifies the quality of the recorded signals, a format - called Digital Linear Tape 6 (DLT 6) - and a recording method, thereby allowing data interchange between drives. Together with a labelling standard, for instance International Standard ISO 1001 for Magnetic Tape Labelling, it allows full data interchange by means of such magnetic tape cartridges.

Scope This International Standard specifies the physical and magnetic characteristics of a 12,7 mm wide, 208-track magnetic tape cartridge, to enable physical interchangeability of such cartridges between drives. It also specifies the quality of the recorded signals, a format - called Digital Linear Tape 6 (DLT 6) - and a recording method, thereby allowing data interchange between drives. Together with a labelling standard, for instance International Standard ISO 1001 for Magnetic Tape Labelling, it allows full data interchange by means of such magnetic tape cartridges.