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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:6568 alt.cd-rom:3348 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,alt.cd-rom Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!math.fu-berlin.de!dct.zrz.tu-berlin.de!zrz.tu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!fauern!fauna!camelot.informatik.uni-erlangen.de!husemann From: husemann@camelot.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Dirk Husemann) Subject: ISOFS --- CD ROMs --- what format is used there? Message-ID: <Bw3uso.527@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> Summary: What kind of format is used on PC CD ROM for depositing data? Sender: news@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 09:38:47 GMT Keywords: CD ROM, ISO FS, Format of CD ROM files Lines: 34 We're looking into buying CD ROM containing encyclopedias (like New Grolier CD ROM, et al.). Is there anyone out there who has such a beast and can tell us about (a) the structuring of the data, i.e. how are the entries deposited on the CD ROM? Is it possible to find out about the nature of a file by looking at its name or some other easily performed task? (b) the encoding of the data, i.e. is it plain ASCII? ISO Latin-1? Suaheli binary extension kanji enhancement 8=) ? How about the pictures? GIF? TIFF? JPEG? To summarize, is there a common de-facto standard which is used by the publishers of the CD ROMs? On another note, is there any experience with making CD ROMs like the New Grolier available to more than one person? With downloading the data to a hard disk and using one's own indexing tools for faster access? I'll summarize. Dirk Dirk Husemann Tel.: +49 9131 85 8029 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg FAX: +49 9131 39388 Department of Computer Science IV Martenstrasse 1 D-W 8520 Erlangen, Germany Dirk.Husemann@informatik.uni-erlangen.de /C=de/A=dbp/P=uni-erlangen/OU=informatik/S=husemann/G=dirk/ ---