ECMA 350 : 3ED 2006

Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 Conformance
   2.1 Optical disk
   2.2 Generating system
   2.3 Receiving system
   2.4 Compatibility statement
3 Reference
4 Definitions
   4.1 asymmetry
   4.2 band
   4.3 case
   4.4 Case Reference Plane
   4.5 Channel bit
   4.6 Clamping Zone
   4.7 cover layer
   4.8 Cyclic Redundancy Code (CRC)
   4.9 Data field
   4.10 Defect Management
   4.11 Disk Reference Plane
   4.12 entrance surface
   4.13 Error Correction Code (ECC)
   4.14 field
   4.15 format
   4.16 hub
   4.17 interleaving
   4.18 land and groove
   4.19 mark
   4.20 Mirror Area
   4.21 optical disk
   4.22 optical disk cartridge (ODC)
   4.23 Phase Change
   4.24 Physical Block Address (PBA)
   4.25 Physical Track
   4.26 read power
   4.27 recording layer
   4.28 Recording Track
   4.29 Reed-Solomon code
   4.30 sector
   4.31 space
   4.32 spindle
   4.33 substrate
   4.34 track
   4.35 track pitch
   4.36 User Area
   4.37 wobble
   4.38 write-inhibit hole
   4.39 zone
5 Conventions and notations
   5.1 Representation of numbers
   5.2 Names
6 Acronyms
7 General description
8 General requirement
   8.1 Environments
   8.2 Temperature shock
   8.3 Safety requirements
   8.4 Flammability
9 Reference Drive
   9.1 Optical system
   9.2 Optical beam
   9.3 Read Channel
   9.4 Tracking
   9.5 Rotation of the disk
Section 2 - Mechanical and physical characteristics
10 Dimensional and physical characteristics of the case
   10.1 General description of the case
   10.2 Relationship of Sides A and B
   10.3 Reference axes and case reference planes
   10.4 Case drawings
   10.5 Dimensions of the case
   10.6 Mechanical characteristics
   10.7 Drop test
   10.8 Electro-static discharge test
11 Dimensional, mechanical, and physical characteristics
   of the disk
   11.1 General description of the disk
   11.2 Reference axis and plane of the disk
   11.3 Dimensions of the disk
   11.4 Mechanical characteristics
   11.5 Optical characteristics
12 Interface between cartridge and drive
   12.1 Clamping method
   12.2 Clamping force
   12.3 Capture cylinder
   12.4 Disk position in operating condition
Section 3 - Format of information
13 Track and Header geometry
   13.1 Track and Header shape
   13.2 Wobble groove
   13.3 Mirror Area
   13.4 Direction of spiral
   13.5 Track pitch
   13.6 Physical Track number
14 Track format
   14.1 Physical Track layout
   14.2 Physical Block Address (PBA)
   14.3 Sectors with Mirror Area
   14.4 Radial alignment
15 Sector format
   15.1 Sector layout
   15.2 IDL, IDG
   15.3 Blank fields
   15.4 Quadrature Wobble Marks (QWM)
   15.5 Gap
   15.6 Guard
   15.7 Verify and Protect (VAP)
   15.8 VFO1, VFO2
   15.9 Sync
   15.10 Data field
   15.11 Postamble (PA)
   15.12 Buffer
   15.13 Transition Area (TA)
16 Recording codes
   16.1 Preformatted Header
   16.2 Data field
17 Formatted Zone
   17.1 General description of the Formatted Zone
   17.2 Division of the Formatted Zone
   17.3 Drive test data patterns
   17.4 SDI Zones usage
   17.5 DDS Zones Usage
18 Layout of the User Zones
   18.1 General description of the User Zones
   18.2 Divisions of the User Zones
   18.3 User Area
   18.4 Defect Management Area (DMA)
   18.5 Disk Definition Structure (DDS)
19 Defect Management in the Rewritable (RW) and Write
   Once Read Many (WORM) Zones
   19.1 Initialization of the disk
   19.2 Certification
   19.3 Disk not certified
   19.4 Write procedure
   19.5 Primary Defect List (PDL) format and content
   19.6 Secondary Defect List (SDL) format and content
Section 4 - Characteristics of embossed information
20 Embossed information - Method of testing
   20.1 Environment
   20.2 Use of the Reference Drive
   20.3 Definition of signals
21 Signals from grooves and lands
   21.1 Ratio of groove to land signal
   21.2 Ratio of groove/land to Mirror Area signal
   21.3 Divided push-pull signal
   21.4 Wobble signal
   21.5 Phase depth
   21.6 Track location
22 Signals from Headers
   22.1 Reference reflectance Itop
   22.2 Address Mark and ID signals
   22.3 QWM signals
   22.4 Timing mean and jitter
Section 5 - Characteristics of the recording layer
23 Method of testing
   23.1 Environment
   23.2 Reference Drive
   23.3 Write conditions
   23.4 Erase power for Type RW media
   23.5 Read power damage
24 Phase Change characteristics
   24.1 Mark polarity
   24.2 Rewrite cycles for Type RW media
25 Write characteristics
   25.1 Resolution
   25.2 Narrow-Band Signal-to-Noise Ratio (NBSNR)
   25.3 Cross-talk ratio
   25.4 Timing mean
   25.5 Timing jitter
   25.6 Asymmetry
26 Erase power determination for Type RW media
   26.1 Cross-Erase for Type RW Media
Section 6 - Characteristics of user data
27 User Data - Method of testing
   27.1 Environment
   27.2 Reference Drive
28 Minimum quality of a sector
   28.1 Headers ID
   28.2 User-written data
   28.3 Wobble signal
29 Data interchange requirements
   29.1 Tracking
   29.2 User-written data
   29.3 Quality of disk
Annex A (normative) Air cleanliness class 100000
Annex B (normative) Edge distortion test
Annex C (normative) Compliance test
Annex D (normative) Cartridge electro-static discharge test
Annex E (normative) Test method for measuring the
         adsorbent force of the hub
Annex F (normative) CRC for ID fields
Annex G (normative) Data field scrambler implementation
Annex H (normative) Interleave, CRC, ECC, Resync, and
         Reference for the Data field
Annex I (normative) Drive Information Record (DIR) usage
Annex J (normative) Determination of the Resync and
         Reference patterns
Annex K (normative) Specific Disk Information
Annex L (normative) Read Channel for measuring analog
         signals and jitter
Annex M (normative) Timing mean and timing jitter
         measuring procedure
Annex N (normative) Implementation Independent Mark
         Quality Determination (IIMQD) for the interchange
         of recorded media
Annex O (normative) Definition of the write pulse shape
Annex P (normative) Asymmetry measuring definition
Annex Q (normative) Enhanced Selective Inter-Symbol
         Interference Cancellation (ESISIC) algorithm
Annex R (normative) Requirements for interchange
Annex S (informative) Office environment
Annex T (informative) Derivation of the operating
         climatic environment
Annex U (informative) Transportation
Annex V (informative) Track deviation measurement
Annex W (informative) Measurement of the vertical
         birefringence of the cover layer
Annex X (informative) Quadrature Wobble offset control
Annex Y (informative) Start Position Shift (SPS)
         implementation
Annex Z (informative) Sector retirement guidelines
Annex AA (informative) Guidelines for the use of
         Type WORM ODCs
Annex BB (informative) Media type identification in
         existing and future standards
Annex CC (informative) Laser power calibration for
         evaluation of media power parameters

Describes the mechanical, physical, and optical characteristics of a 130 mm optical disk cartridge (ODC) that employs thermo-optical Phase Change effects to enable data interchange between such disks.