ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 8632-3 Second edition 1999-12-15 Information technology Computer graphics Metafile for the storage and transfer of picture description information - Part 3: Binary encoding Technologies de I'information Infographie -Metafichier de stockage et de transfert des informations de description d'images Partie 3: Codage binaire Reference number ISO/IEC 8632-3:1999(E) E( @ISO/IEC 1999 HS under ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 8632-3:1999(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The ISo Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by isO member bodies. In the unlikely event ? ISO/IEC1999 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 734 10 79 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland @ISO/IEC1999-Allrightsreserved ermittedwithoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 8632-3:1999(E) Contents Page 1 Scope. 2 Conformance 3 Normative references 4 Notational conventions 5 Overall structure 5.1 General form of metafile. 5.2 General form of pictures . .2 5.3 General structure of the binary metafile. 5.4 Structure of the command header 6 Primitive data forms.. 6.1 Signed integer 6.1.1 Signed integer at 8-bit precision . 6.1.2 Signed integer at 16-bit precision .. 6 6.1.3 Signed integer at 24-bit precision 6.1.4 Signed integer at 32-bit precision . 6.2 Unsigned integer 6.2.1 Unsigned integers at 8-bit precision. 6.2.2 Unsigned integers at 16-bit precision... 6.2.3 Unsigned integers at 24-bit precision. 6.2.4 Unsigned integers at 32-bit precision.. 6.3 Character. 8 6.4 Fixed point real. 6.4.1 Fixed point real at 32-bit precision.. 6.4.2 Fixed point real at 64-bit precision. 6.4.3 Value of fixed point reals .8 6.5 Floating point . 9 6.5.1 Floating point real at 32-bit precision ?S0/IFC1999 htsreserved ili Copyright Inter HS under Not for Resale