INCITS/ISO/IEC 23651 : 2003

Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Terms and 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 tracks
16 Layout of the tape
17 Housekeeping Frames
18 AIT Remote Memory In Cartridge (AIT RMIC)
Annexes
A (normative) - Measurement of light transmittance
B (normative) - Measurement of Signal-to-Noise Ratio
C (normative) - Method for determining the nominal and the maximum
                allowable recorded levels (pre-recording condition)
D (normative) - Representation of 16-bit words by 18-Channel bits
                patterns
E (normative) - Measurement of bit shift
F (normative) - Method of measuring the straightness of track edges
G (normative) - ECC calculation
H (informative) - Recommendations for transportation
J (informative) - Read-After-Write
K (informative) - Basic Group No. 0
L (informative) - Chip for the AIT-3 format
M (informative) - Generation of EDC bytes for the Error Detecting
                  Code for G2 Sub-Groups

Describes the physical and magnetic characteristics of an 8 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge containing a memory chip to enable physical interchange of such cartridges between drives. It also specifies the quality of the recorded signals, the recording method and the recorded format - called Advanced Intelligent Tape No. 3 (AIT-3 format) -thereby allowing data interchange between drives by means of such magnetic tape cartridges.