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Tables iii

1.1 Purpose of ISO 8211 Encoding

1.2 Objectives

1.3 Relationship to Other Standards

1.4 Status of Annexes

2.1 Scope

2.2 Field of Application

6.1 Specifications of ISO 8211 Constructs

6.1.1 Notational Conventions of Table 3

6.1.2 Tags, Names and Labels

6.1.3 Permitted Variations in Field Controls and Formats

6.1.4 Order of Data Items in Arrays

6.2 Missing Data

6.2.1 Fields Missing from Entire Files

6.2.2 Fields Missing from Specific Data Records

6.2.3 Consistently Missing Data Subfields

6.2.4 Intermittently Missing Data Subfields

6.3 Foreign Identifiers

6.4 Repeating Fields and Records

6.4.1 Repeating Fields

6.4.2 Repeating Records

7.1 Global Modules

7.2 Other Modules

7.3 Multi-volume Files

8.1 Restriction on Primary Fields in Level 2 Files

8.2 Primary and Secondary Fields in Level 3 Files

8.3 Arbitrary Field Sequence

9.1 Numeric Data

9.2 Dates

9.3 Binary Data

10.1 General Requirements

10.2 Magnetic Tapes

10.3 Flexible Diskettes

10.4 Magnetic Tape Cartridges and Cassettes

10.5 Compact Disk Read Only Memory