BS ISO/IEC 8632-4:1999

This standard BS ISO/IEC 8632-4:1999 Information technology. Computer graphics. Metafile for the storage and transfer of picture description information is classified in these ICS categories:

• 35.140 Computer graphics
• 35.040.30 Coding of graphical and photographical information

This part of ISO/IEC 8632 specifies a clear text encoding of the Computer Graphics Metafile. For each of the elements specified in ISO/IEC 8632-1, a clear text encoding is specified. Allowed abbreviations are specified. The overall format of the metafile and the means by which comments may be interspersed in the metafile is specified.

This encoding of the CGM allows metafiles to be created and maintained in a form which is simple to type, easy to edit and convenient to read.