ISO/IEC 9592-2:1997

Overview

ISO/IEC 9592-2:1997 defines the PHIGS archive file format used for storing and transferring PHIGS (Programmer’s Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System) structure and structure-network definitions. The standard specifies the set of archive elements, their organization (syntax) and their intended semantics so that PHIGS structure definitions can be preserved, exchanged and retrieved consistently across different systems, architectures and programming environments. The document separates the functional archive format from any particular encoding (e.g., clear-text or binary), enabling portability and multiple encodings for different application needs.