INCITS/ISO/IEC 18093 : 1999

Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 Conformance
   2.1 Optical Disk Cartridge (ODC)
   2.2 Generating System
   2.3 Receiving System
   2.4 Compatibility statement
3 Normative reference
4 Terms and definitions
   4.1 asymmetry
   4.2 band
   4.3 case
   4.4 clamping zone
   4.5 control track
   4.6 Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
   4.7 defect management
   4.8 direct overwrite
   4.9 disk reference plane
   4.10 entrance surface
   4.11 Error Correction Code (ECC)
   4.12 format
   4.13 hub
   4.14 interleaving
   4.15 Kerr rotation
   4.16 land and groove
   4.17 logical track
   4.18 mark
   4.19 mark edge
   4.20 mark edge recording
   4.21 optical disk
   4.22 optical disk cartridge (ODC)
   4.23 physical track
   4.24 polarization
   4.25 pre-recorded mark
   4.26 read power
   4.27 recording layer
   4.28 Reed-Solomon code
   4.29 space
   4.30 spindle
   4.31 substrate
   4.32 track pitch
   4.33 write-inhibit hole
   4.34 write-once functionality
   4.35 zone
5 Conventions and notations
   5.1 Representation of numbers
   5.2 Names
6 List of acronyms
7 General description of the optical disk cartridge
8 General requirements
   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 Channels
   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
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 the operating condition
Section 3: Format of information
13 Track geometry
   13.1 Track shape
   13.2 Direction of track spiral
   13.3 Track pitch
   13.4 Logical track number
   13.4 Physical track number
14 Track format
   14.1 Physical track layout
   14.2 Logical track layout
   14.3 Radial alignment
   14.4 Sector number
15 Sector format
   15.1 Sector layout
   15.2 Sector Mark
   15.3 VFO fields
   15.4 Address Mark (AM)
   15.5 ID fields
   15.6 Postamble (PA[1])
   15.7 Transition Area (TA[1])
   15.8 Gap
   15.9 Flag
   15.10 Auto Laser Power Control (ALPC)
   15.11 Sync
   15.12 Data field
   15.13 Postamble field (PA[2])
   15.14 Buffer field
   15.15 Transition Area (TA2)
16 Recording code
17 Formatted Zone
   17.1 General description of the Formatted Zone
   17.2 Division of the Formatted Zone
   17.3 Control Track PEP Zone
   17.4 Control Track SFP Zones
18 Layout of the User Zone
   18.1 General description of the User Zone
   18.2 Divisions of the User Zone
   18.3 User Area
   18.4 Defect Management Areas (DMAs)
   18.5 Disk Structure Table (DST)
   18.6 Write Once Read Many (WORM) Zone
19 Defect Management
   19.1 Initialization of the disk
   19.2 Defect Management Pointers
   19.3 Write procedure
Section 4 - Characteristics of embossed information
20 Method of testing
   20.1 Environment
   20.2 Use of the Reference Drive
   20.3 Definition of signals
21 Signal from grooves
   21.1 Cross-track signal
   21.2 Push-pull signal
   21.3 Divided push-pull signal
   21.4 Phase depth
   21.5 Track location
22 Signals from Headers
   22.1 Sector Mark Signals
   22.2 VFO signals
   22.3 Address Mark, ID and PA signals
   22.4 Timing jitter
   22.5 Asymmetry
23 Signals from embossed Recording fields
   23.1 Signal amplitude
   23.2 Asymmetry
   23.3 Timing Jitter
   23.4 Byte Errors
24 Signals from Control Track PEP marks
Section 5 - Characteristics of the recording layer
25 Method of testing
   25.1 Environment
   25.2 Reference Drive
   25.3 Write conditions
26 Write characteristics
   26.1 Resolution
   26.2 Narrow-band signal-to-noise ratio
   26.3 Cross-talk ratio
   26.4 Timing Jitter
Section 6 - Characteristics of user data
27 Method of testing
   27.1 Environment
   27.2 Reference Drive
28 Minimum quality of a sector
   28.1 Headers
   28.2 User-written data
29 Data interchange requirements
   29.1 Tracking
   29.2 User-written data
   29.3 Quality of disk
Annexes
Annex A (normative) - Air cleanliness class 100000
Annex B (normative) - Edge distortion test
Annex C (normative) - Compliance test
Annex D (normative) - Test method for measuring the adsorbent
                      force of the hub
Annex E (normative) - CRC for ID fields
Annex F (normative) - Interleave, CRC, ECC, Resync for the data
                      field
Annex G (normative) - Determination of Resync pattern
Annex H (normative) - Read Channel for measuring jitter
Annex J (normative) - Timing jitter measuring procedure
Annex K (normative) - Definition of write pulse shape
Annex L (normative) - Requirements for interchange
Annex M (normative) - Measurement implementation for Cross-track
                      signal
Annex N (normative) - Asymmetry measuring definition
Annex P (informative) - Office environment
Annex Q (informative) - Derivation of the operating climatic
                        environment
Annex R (informative) - Transportation
Annex S (informative) - Sector retirement guidelines
Annex T (informative) - Track deviation measurement
Annex U (informative) - Values to be implemented in existing and
                        future standards
Annex V (informative) - Measurement of the vertical birefringence
                        of the substrate
Annex W (informative) - Guidelines for the use of WORM ODCs
Annex X (informative) - Laser power calibration for evaluation
                        of media power sensitivity

Describes the characteristics of a 130 mm optical disk cartridge (ODC) of Type WORM (Write Once Read Many) with a capacity of 5,2 Gbytes. Type WORM ODCs use writing effects that are inherently irreversible.