ISO 9660 Standard How relevant is the ISO 9660 Standard in today’s world for JACoW ? Volker RW Schaa GSI Darmstadt, Germany JACoW Team Meeting, 16Nov05 Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 1 / 26 Agreed to by manufactures at the High Sierra Hotel & Casino in Lake Tahoe, CA (Z High Sierra) A file and directory naming standard to be readable on any platform, regardless of the content format. Full cross platform compatibility for DOS, Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, etc. A name, extension, directory or volume may consists of zero or more characters of the set [A-Z], [0-9] and _ Three levels of (pure) ISO-9660 have been defined Introduction What is ISO 9660? A standard CD-ROM filesystem developed in 1985 Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 2 / 26 A file and directory naming standard to be readable on any platform, regardless of the content format. Full cross platform compatibility for DOS, Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, etc. A name, extension, directory or volume may consists of zero or more characters of the set [A-Z], [0-9] and _ Three levels of (pure) ISO-9660 have been defined Introduction What is ISO 9660? A standard CD-ROM filesystem developed in 1985 Agreed to by manufactures at the High Sierra Hotel & Casino in Lake Tahoe, CA (Z High Sierra) Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 2 / 26 Full cross platform compatibility for DOS, Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, etc. A name, extension, directory or volume may consists of zero or more characters of the set [A-Z], [0-9] and _ Three levels of (pure) ISO-9660 have been defined Introduction What is ISO 9660? A standard CD-ROM filesystem developed in 1985 Agreed to by manufactures at the High Sierra Hotel & Casino in Lake Tahoe, CA (Z High Sierra) A file and directory naming standard to be readable on any platform, regardless of the content format. Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 2 / 26 A name, extension, directory or volume may consists of zero or more characters of the set [A-Z], [0-9] and _ Three levels of (pure) ISO-9660 have been defined Introduction What is ISO 9660? A standard CD-ROM filesystem developed in 1985 Agreed to by manufactures at the High Sierra Hotel & Casino in Lake Tahoe, CA (Z High Sierra) A file and directory naming standard to be readable on any platform, regardless of the content format. Full cross platform compatibility for DOS, Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, etc. Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 2 / 26 Three levels of (pure) ISO-9660 have been defined Introduction What is ISO 9660? A standard CD-ROM filesystem developed in 1985 Agreed to by manufactures at the High Sierra Hotel & Casino in Lake Tahoe, CA (Z High Sierra) A file and directory naming standard to be readable on any platform, regardless of the content format. Full cross platform compatibility for DOS, Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, etc. A name, extension, directory or volume may consists of zero or more characters of the set [A-Z], [0-9] and _ Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 2 / 26 Introduction What is ISO 9660? A standard CD-ROM filesystem developed in 1985 Agreed to by manufactures at the High Sierra Hotel & Casino in Lake Tahoe, CA (Z High Sierra) A file and directory naming standard to be readable on any platform, regardless of the content format. Full cross platform compatibility for DOS, Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, etc. A name, extension, directory or volume may consists of zero or more characters of the set [A-Z], [0-9] and _ Three levels of (pure) ISO-9660 have been defined Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 2 / 26 Introduction What is ISO 9660? A standard CD-ROM filesystem developed in 1985 Agreed to by manufactures at the High Sierra Hotel & Casino in Lake Tahoe, CA (Z High Sierra) A file and directory naming standard to be readable on any platform, regardless of the content format. Full cross platform compatibility for DOS, Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, etc. A name, extension, directory or volume may consists of zero or more characters of the set [A-Z], [0-9] and _ Three levels of (pure) ISO-9660 have been defined Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 2 / 26 allows far more flexibility in filenames, isn’t usable on some systems, notably MS-DOS Z not used total length of name and extension now 30 characters (+ ».«) allows non-contiguous files multiple packets for files useful mostly for more flexible packet-writing software 8+3 convention (familiar from MS-DOS) 8 characters for filename, a period, and 3 characters for file type all in uppercase, allowed characters are A-Z, 0-9,».«, and »_«. maximum directory depth is 8 Level 2: Level 3: These levels were not as important as various extensions to ISO 9660 (Rock Ridge, Joliet, Romeo) which supersede level 1–3 Levels Levels of ISO 9660 Level 1: Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 3 / 26 allows far more flexibility in filenames, isn’t usable on some systems, notably MS-DOS Z not used total length of name and extension now 30 characters (+ ».«) allows non-contiguous files multiple packets for files useful mostly for more flexible packet-writing software 8 characters for filename, a period, and 3 characters for file type all in uppercase, allowed characters are A-Z, 0-9,».«, and »_«. maximum directory depth is 8 Level 2: Level 3: These levels were not as important as various extensions to ISO 9660 (Rock Ridge, Joliet, Romeo) which supersede level 1–3 Levels Levels of ISO 9660 Level 1: 8+3 convention (familiar from MS-DOS) Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 3 / 26 allows far more flexibility in filenames, isn’t usable on some systems, notably MS-DOS Z not used total length of name and extension now 30 characters (+ ».«) allows non-contiguous files multiple packets for files useful mostly for more flexible packet-writing software all in uppercase, allowed characters are A-Z, 0-9,».«, and »_«. maximum directory depth is 8 Level 2: Level 3: These levels were not as important as various extensions to ISO 9660 (Rock Ridge, Joliet, Romeo) which supersede level 1–3 Levels Levels of ISO 9660 Level 1: 8+3 convention (familiar from MS-DOS) 8 characters for filename, a period, and 3 characters for file type Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 3 / 26 allows far more flexibility in filenames, isn’t usable on some systems, notably MS-DOS Z not used total length of name and extension now 30 characters (+ ».«) allows non-contiguous files multiple packets for files useful mostly for more flexible packet-writing software maximum directory depth is 8 Level 2: Level 3: These levels were not as important as various extensions to ISO 9660 (Rock Ridge, Joliet, Romeo) which supersede level 1–3 Levels Levels of ISO 9660 Level 1: 8+3 convention (familiar from MS-DOS) 8 characters for filename, a period, and 3 characters for file type all in uppercase, allowed characters are A-Z, 0-9,».«, and »_«. Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 3 / 26 allows far more flexibility in filenames, isn’t usable on some systems, notably MS-DOS Z not used total length of name and extension now 30 characters (+ ».«) allows non-contiguous files multiple packets for files useful mostly for more flexible packet-writing software Level 2: Level 3: These levels were not as important as various extensions to ISO 9660 (Rock Ridge, Joliet, Romeo) which supersede level 1–3 Levels Levels of ISO 9660 Level 1: 8+3 convention (familiar from MS-DOS) 8 characters for filename, a period, and 3 characters for file type all in uppercase, allowed characters are A-Z, 0-9,».«, and »_«. maximum directory depth is 8 Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 3 / 26 total length of name and extension now 30 characters (+ ».«) allows non-contiguous files multiple packets for files useful mostly for more flexible packet-writing software allows far more flexibility in filenames, isn’t usable on some systems, notably MS-DOS Z not used Level 3: These levels were not as important as various extensions to ISO 9660 (Rock Ridge, Joliet, Romeo) which supersede level 1–3 Levels Levels of ISO 9660 Level 1: 8+3 convention (familiar from MS-DOS) 8 characters for filename, a period, and 3 characters for file type all in uppercase, allowed characters are A-Z, 0-9,».«, and »_«. maximum directory depth is 8 Level 2: Volker RW Schaa (GSI Darmstadt, Germany) ISO 9660 JACoW Team Meeting,16Nov05 3 / 26 total length of name and extension now 30 characters (+ ».«) allows non-contiguous files multiple packets for files useful mostly for more flexible packet-writing software isn’t usable on some systems, notably MS-DOS Z not used Level 3: These levels were not as important as various extensions to ISO 9660 (Rock Ridge, Joliet, Romeo) which supersede level 1–3 Levels Levels of ISO 9660 Level 1: 8+3 convention (familiar from MS-DOS) 8 characters for filename, a period, and 3 characters for file type all in uppercase, allowed characters are A-Z, 0-9,».«, and »_«.