DANSK DS/ISO/IEC 8211 PDF

This international standard specifies an interchange format to facilitate the moving of files or parts of files containing data records between computer systems. It is not intended as a record format for the indigenous files of any specific system but may be used for this purpose for those applications for which it is suitable. It defines a generalized structure which can be used to transmit, between systems, files or records containing a wide variety of data types and data structures. It provides the means for the description of the contents of data records but does not specify