INCITS/ISO/IEC 17462 : 2000

Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative 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 Format
12 Method of recording
13 Track geometry
14 Recorded patterns
15 Format of a track
16 Layout of a Single Data Space tape
17 Layout of a partitioned tape
18 Housekeeping Frames
Annexes
A - Measurement of the light transmittance of the prisms
B - Measurement of light transmittance of tape and leaders
C - Measurement of Signal-to-Noise Ratio
D - Method for determining the Nominal and the Maximum
    Allowable Recorded Levels
E - Representation of 8-bit bytes by 10-bit patterns
F - Measurement of bit shift
G - Measurement of track edge linearity
H - Tape abrasicity measurement procedure
J - Method of measurement of the track width
K - Recognition Holes
L - Means to open the lid
M - Recommendations for transportation
N - Read-After-Write
P - Example of the content of a Basic Group No. 0

Describes the physical and magnetic characteristics of a 3,81 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge to enable physical interchangeability of such cartridges between drives.