System Independent Data Format

System-Independent Data Format
Initial release 1993 (1993)
Type of format tape data storage, optical data storage, tape backup, archive format
Standard ISO/IEC 14863,[1]
ECMA-208[2]

The System Independent Data Format (SIDF) is a file system specification for removable media that was designed to achieve storage interoperability and to allow data interchange among software and hardware platforms. The data format was originally developed in 1993 by an industry consortium and adopted as an international standard by ECMA in December, 1994.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ISO/IEC 14863:1996 (E) – Information technology — System-Independent Data Format (SIDF)" (PDF). ISO. 1996. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 "ECMA-208 (1994) – System-Independent Data Format" (PDF). ECMA. 1994. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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