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- From: del@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (David Larson)
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:00:07 GMT
- Subject: Re: CGM standard, how to obtain
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- Regarding the document numbers for CGM--
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- CGM is a multi-part standard -- there are several "parts", each covering
- a different area. The parts are designmated by the "dash" number.
- ISO/IEC 8632-1 is part 1, ISO/IEC 8632-2 is part 2.
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- The topics are:
- part 1: CGM Functional Specification (332 pages)
- part 2: Character Encoding (88 pages)
- part 3: Binary Encoding (72 pages)
- part 4: Clear Text Encoding (56 pages)
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- Part 1 gives the "what" (the semantics) and the other parts give the "how"
- (the syntax). You would probably want part 1 and at least 1 of the other
- parts to generate and interpret a conforming CGM.
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- Dave Larson
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