This International Standard specifies definitions of the essential concepts; the environment in which the characteristics are to be tested; the environments in which the cartridge are to be operated and stored; the mechanical, physical and dimensional characteristics of the case and of the optical disk; the magneto-optical characteristics and the recording characteristics for recording the information, for reading the information and for erasing it many times, so as to provide physical interchangeability between data processing systems; two formats for the physical disposition of the tracks and sectors, the error correction codes, the modulation methods used for recording.
ANSI/ISO/IEC 10089:1991 history
1991ANSI/ISO/IEC 10089:1991 Information technology - 130 mm rewritable optical disk cartridge for information interchange Adopted by INCITS