ECMA 279 : 1ED 98

Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 Conformance
   2.1 Optical Disk
   2.2 Generating system
   2.3 Receiving system
3 Reference
4 Definitions
   4.1 Adhesive layer
   4.2 Channel bit
   4.3 Clamping Zone
   4.4 Digital Sum Value (DSV)
   4.5 Disk Reference Plane
   4.6 Dummy substrate
   4.7 Entrance surface
   4.8 Groove
   4.9 Land
   4.10 Optical disk
   4.11 Physical sector number
   4.12 Read-only disk
   4.13 Recording layer
   4.14 Reed-Solomon code
   4.15 Reserved field
   4.16 Sector
   4.17 Space
   4.18 Substrate
   4.19 Track
   4.20 Track pitch
   4.21 Zone
5 Conventions and notations
   5.1 Representation of numbers
   5.2 Names
6 List of acronyms
   6.1 General
7 General description
8 General requirements
   8.1 Environments
        8.1.1 Test environment
        8.1.2 Operating environment
        8.1.3 Storage environment
        8.1.4 Transportation
   8.2 Safety requirements
   8.3 Flammability
9 Reference measurement devices
   9.1 Pick Up Head (PUH)
        9.1.1 PUH for measuring recorded disks
        9.1.2 PUH for measuring unrecorded disks
   9.2 Measurement conditions
        9.2.1 Recorded and unrecorded disk
        9.2.2 Recorded disk
        9.2.3 Unrecorded disk
   9.3 Normalized servo transfer function
   9.4 Reference servo for axial tracking
   9.5 Reference servo for radial tracking
Section 2 - Dimensional, mechanical and physical
            characteristics of the disk
10 Dimensional characteristics
   10.1 Overall dimensions
   10.2 First transition area
   10.3 Second transition area
   10.4 Clamping Zone
   10.5 Third transition area
   10.6 R-Information Zone
         10.6.1 Sub-divisions of the R-Information Zone
   10.7 Information Zone
         10.7.1 Sub-divisions of the Information zone
   10.8 Track geometry
   10.9 Channel bit length
   10.10 Rim area
   10.11 Remark on tolerances
   10.12 Label
11 Mechanical parameters
   11.1 Mass
   11.2 Moment of inertia
   11.3 Dynamic imbalance
   11.4 Sense of rotation
   11.5 Runout
        11.5.1 Axial runout
        11.5.2 Radial runout
12 Optical parameters
   12.1 Recorded and unrecorded disk parameters
        12.1.1 Index of refraction
        12.1.2 Thickness of the transparent substrate
        12.1.3 Angular deviation
        12.1.4 Birefringence of the transparent substrate
   12.2 Recorded disk reflectivity
   12.3 Unrecorded disk parameters
        12.3.1 Polarity of reflectivity modulation
        12.3.2 Recording power sensitivity variation
Section 3 - Operational signals
13 Operational signals for recorded disk
   13.1 Measurement conditions
   13.2 Read conditions
   13.3 Recorded disk high frequency (HF) signals
        13.3.1 Modulated amplitude
        13.3.2 Signal asymmetry
        13.3.3 Cross-track signal
   13.4 Quality of signals
        13.4.1 Jitter
        13.4.2 Random errors
        13.4.3 Defects
   13.5 Servo signals
        13.5.1 Differential phase tracking error signal
14 Operational signals for the unrecorded disk
   14.1 Measurement conditions
   14.2 Recording conditions
   14.3 Basic write strategy for media testing
   14.4 Servo signals
        14.4.1 Radial push-pull tracking error signal
        14.4.2 Cross-track signal before recording (Radial
               Contrast = RC)
        14.4.3 Defects
   14.5 Addressing signals
        14.5.1 Land Pre-pit signal
        14.5.2 Groove wobble signal
        14.5.3 Relation in phase between wobble and Land
               Pre-pit
Section 4 - Data format
15 General
16 Data Frames
   16.1 Identification Data (ID)
   16.2 ID Error Detection Code (IED)
   16.3 Copyright Management Information (CPR_MAI)
   16.4 Error Detection Code (EDC)
17 Scrambled Frames
18 ECC Block configuration
19 Recording Frames
20 Modulation
21 Physical Sectors
22 Suppress control of the d.c. component
23 Linking scheme
   23.1 Linking sector
   23.2 Linking loss area
   23.2.1 Padding sectors
Section 5 - Format of the Information Zone
24 General description of the Information Zone
   24.1 Layout of the Information Zone
   24.2 Physical sector numbering
25 Lead-in Zone and Lead-out Zone
   25.1 Lead-in Zone
        25.1.1 Initial Zone
        25.1.2 Reference Code Zone
        25.1.3 Buffer Zone 1
        25.1.4 Buffer Zone 2
   25.2 Control Data Zone
        25.2.1 Physical format information
        25.2.2 Disk manufacturing information
        25.2.3 Reserved
   25.3 Lead-out Zone
Section 6 - Format of the Unrecorded Zone
26 General description of the Unrecorded Zone
   26.1 Layout of the Unrecorded Zone
   26.2 ECC block address
   26.3 ECC block numbering
27 Pre-pit Data format
   27.1 General description
   27.2 Pre-pit block structure
   27.3 Pre-pit data block configuration
        27.3.1 Relative address
        27.3.2 ECC block address data configuration
        27.3.3 Parity A and Parity B
        27.3.4 Field ID0
        27.3.5 Field ID1
        27.3.6 Field ID2
        27.3.7 Field ID3 to Field ID5
28 Data structure of R-Information Zone
   28.1 Layout of Power Calibration Area and Recording
        Management Area
   28.2 Structure of the Power Calibration Area
   28.3 Data configuration of the Recording Management
        Area (RMA)
        28.3.1 Sector format of the Recording Management
               Area (figure 59)
        28.3.2 Recording Management Data (RMD)
Annex A - Measurement of the angular deviation alpha
Annex B - Measurement of birefringence
Annex C - Measurement of the differential phase tracking
          error
Annex D - Measurement of light reflectance
Annex E - Tapered cone for disk clamping
Annex F - Measurement of jitter
Annex G - 8-to-16 Modulation with RLL (2,10) requirements
Annex H - Border Zone
Annex J - Optimum Power Control
Annex K - Wavelength dependency
Annex L - Light fastness of the disk
Annex M - Measurement of the groove wobble amplitude
Annex N - Measurement methods for the operational signals
          for an unrecorded disk
Annex P - Variation of the Write Strategy
Annex Q - Measurement method of the Land Pre-Pit signal
Annex R - Note on the Reference Code
Annex S - Running OPC
Annex T - Transportation

Specifies the mechanical, physical and optical characteristics of an 80 mm and a 120 mm DVD - Recordable disk to enable the interchange of such disks. Specifies the quality of the pre-recorded, unrecorded and the recorded signals, the format of the data, the format of the information zone, the format of the unrecorded zone, and the recording method, thereby allowing for information interchange by means of such disks.