1 Scope
This part of ISO 13584 specifies the standard spreadsheet interface structure for parts library , used either for the definition and exchange of a reference dictionary , or for the definition and exchange of the instance data belonging to a class of library .
This part of ISO 13584 also establishes the standard mapping between the data carrying a dictionary represented in the spreadsheet format conforming to this part of ISO 13584 and the data represented in the ISO 13584‑25 compliant EXPRESS model for dictionary exchange. A set of spreadsheets whose semantics conform to the specification given
in this part of ISO 13584, where the physical file structure of the spreadsheets is based on the CSV (Comma
Separated Values) format, is typically used in a popular commercial spreadsheet application , or any other tabular formats compatible or convertible to the CSV format. Such a
set of spreadsheets supporting a conformance class specified in this part of ISO 13584 may be used additionally for data translation between the CSV format and the ISO 10303‑21 physical file structure based on the mapping specified in this part of ISO 13584.
The spreadsheet interface structure defined in this part of ISO 13584 contains the following:
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