INCITS/ISO/IEC 8632-3 : 1999

1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Notational conventions
5 Overall structure
   5.1 General form of metafile
   5.2 General form of pictures
   5.3 General structure of the binary metafile
   5.4 Structure of the command header
6 Primitive data forms
   6.1 Signed integer
   6.2 Unsigned integer
   6.3 Character
   6.4 Fixed point real
   6.5 Floating point
7 Representation of abstract parameter types
8 Representation of each element
   8.1 Method of presentation
   8.2 Delimiter elements
   8.3 Metafile descriptor elements
   8.4 Picture descriptor elements
   8.5 Control elements
   8.6 Graphical primitive elements
   8.7 Attribute elements
   8.8 Escape element
   8.9 External elements
   8.10 Segment control and segment attribute elements
   8.11 Application structure descriptor elements
9 Defaults
10 Profile encoding rules, proforma, and Model Profile
   10.1 Encodings
   10.2 Metafile defaults
   10.3 Floating point values
   10.4 Profile proforma tables (PPF)
   10.5 Permissible alternative coding representation
Annex A (normative) Formal grammar
Annex B (informative) Examples
Annex C (informative) List of binary encoding metafile element
        codes

Describes a binary encoding of the Computer Graphics Metafile. For each of the elements specified in ISO/IEC 8632-1, this part specifies an encoding in terms of data types.