MIL-HDBK-9660 Dod Produced Cd-Rom ProductsThis document was prepared by the Defense information Systems Agency DISA, in cooperation with the services and other activities within the Department of Defense DOD. The goal of this document is to provide information and guidelines to support the creation and interoperability of Compact Disc-Read Only Memory CD-ROM development and use within DOD. This document specifies core compact disc fundamentals for the DOD community. It is strongly recommended all DOD components comply with the fundamentals established within this document. Specialized functions within DOD may require expanded internal guidance to meet their own mission needs. All other Government entities are invited to use this document.

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improving as more data is transmitted.  It is useful for bitonal and dithered images with low bit-depth (up to 4-bit) grayscale.

e.  ISO/IEC 13346:1995 - Volume and File Structure for Write-Once and Rewritable Media Using Non-Sequential Recording (NSR) for Information Interchange.  Copies of the equivalent standard from ECMA (ECMA 167-1992) may be ordered, free of charge, from the Internet at URL: https://www.helpdesk@ecma.ch.

f.  ISO/IEC 13490:1996, Volume and File Structure of read-only and write-once compact disc media for information interchange-Part 1: General; Part 2: Volume and file structure.  Copies of the equivalent standard from ECMA (ECMA 168-1994) may be ordered, free of charge, from the Internet at URL: https://www.helpdesk@ecma.ch.

g.  ISO/IEC 13818-2:1996, Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: Video (MPEG-2).

h.  ISO/IEC DIS 12024, Electronic imaging - Verification of the information stored on CD media. Under development.

i.  ISO/IEC DIS 15485 - Information technology - Data interchange on 120mm optical disk cartridges using phase change PD format - Capacity: 650 Mbytes per cartridge.  Under development at ISO.  Copies of the equivalent standard from ECMA (ECMA 240-1996) may be ordered, free of charge, from the Internet at URL: https://www.helpdesk@ecma.ch.

j.  DISC Manufacturing Incorporated's documents dated 6 February 1992:  Integrating Mixed- Mode CD-ROM; An Overview to Multimedia CD-ROM Production; and Compact Disc Terminology.

k.  Pahwa, Ash, The CD-Recordable Bible: An Essential Guide For Any Business, Eight Bit Books, 462 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897-2126, 1994.  Copies may be obtained from Eight Bit Books.

l.  Nadeau, Michael, Byte Guide to CD-ROM.  Copies may be obtained from Osborne McGraw- Hill, 2600 Tenth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710.

m.  Parker, Dana J., and Starrett, Robert A., CD-ROM Professional's CD-Recordable Handbook, The Complete Guide to Practical Desktop CD Recording, A CyberAge Book, 1996.  Copies may be obtained from Pemberton Press.

n.  Internet - Additional information on CD may be obtained by browsing the following Websites: SIGCAT (Special Interest Group on CD Applications and Technology), IMA (Interactive Multimedia Association), NewMedia Magazine.

(Unless otherwise indicated, copies of the above documents are available from DISA/JIEO Center for

Standards, ATTN:  Mr. James Barnette, 10701 Parkridge Blvd, Reston, VA  22191-4357.)

2.3  Order of precedence.  The text of this handbook is not intended to take precedence over references cited herein, or supersede applicable laws and regulations unless a specific exemption has been obtained.

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