CSA ISO/IEC 18836 : 2004

Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 References
4 Definitions
5 Conventions and Notations
6 Acronyms
7 Environment and Safety
Section 2 - Requirements for the case
8 Dimensional and mechanical characteristics of the case
Section 3 - Requirements for the Unrecorded Tape
9 Mechanical, physical and dimensional characteristics of
   the tape
10 Magnetic recording characteristics
Section 4 - Requirements for an Interchanged Tape
11 Track Format
12 Method of recording
13 Track geometry
14 Layout of a tape
Annexes
A (normative) - Measurement of Light Transmittance of
                Tape and Leaders
B (normative) - Tape abrasivity measurement procedure
C (normative) - Generation of the Logical Block CRC
D (normative) - ECC3 Check Bytes
E (normative) - Generation of the Data Area CRC
F (normative) - Generation of the ECC
G (normative) - Pre-coder
H (normative) - Representation of 8-bit bytes by 10-bit
                patterns
J (normative) - Randomisation
K (normative) - Generation of the Search Field CRC
L (normative) - The Search Field ECC
M (normative) - Measurement of bit shift
N (informative) - Recommendations for transportation

Defines the physical and magnetic characteristics of an 8 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge to enable physical interchange of such cartridges between drives.