ISO/TS 13499:2003
(Main)Road vehicles — Multimedia data exchange format for impact tests
Road vehicles — Multimedia data exchange format for impact tests
ISO TS 13499:2002 presents a simple means for the exchange of multimedia data on impact tests between different laboratories. A format has been developed which defines a directory structure and the exchange information as ASCII files. Related electronic documents are available on the ISO website.
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TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 13499
First edition
2003-02-01
Road vehicles — Multimedia data
exchange format for impact tests
Véhicules routiers — Format d'échange de données multimédia pour
les essais de choc
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ISO/TS 13499:2003(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope.1
2 Normative references.1
3 Terms and definitions .1
4 General requirements .1
5 Directory structure .2
6 File organization .3
7 Data formats.11
8 Related electronic documents .12
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Foreword
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ISO/TS 13499 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 22, Road vehicles, Subcommittee SC 12,
Passive safety crash protection systems.
This first edition of ISO/TS 13499 cancels and replaces the first edition of ISO/TR 13499, which has been
technically revised.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ISO/TS 13499:2003(E)
Road vehicles — Multimedia data exchange format for impact
tests
1 Scope
This Technical Specification presents a simple means for the exchange of multimedia data on impact tests
between different laboratories. A format has been developed which defines a directory structure and the
exchange information as ASCII files. Related electronic documents are available on the ISO website.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 1000, SI units and recommendations for use of their multiples and certain other units
ISO 6487, Road vehicles — Measurement techniques in impact tests — Instrumentation
ISO 8601, Data elements and interchange formats — Information interchange — Representation of dates and
times
ISO/IEC 8859-1, Information technology — 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets — Part 1: Latin
alphabet No. 1
ISO 9660, Information processing — Volume and file structure of CD-ROM for information interchange
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following term and definition apply.
3.1
test object
group of components with the same initial state (e.g. speed, direction of movement) at impact time
4 General requirements
4.1 Physical units
All data shall be expressed in SI units, in accordance with ISO 1000. In particular, acceleration, a, shall be
2
given in metres per second squared (m/s ) and velocity, v, in metres per second (m/s).
4.2 “NOVALUE”
For integrity, where data is unavailable, insert the reserved word “NOVALUE” as the data value.
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4.3 Placeholder
In channel codes, question marks (“?”) shall be used as placeholders, one for each alphanumeric character.
These shall be replaced by valid combinations (see the related electronic documents).
4.4 Data medium
The physical data medium shall be a 650 Mb CD-ROM (74 min), if no other medium is agreed or specified.
The data format shall be based on ISO 9660 with the possible extensions.
The data code shall be in ASCII, in accordance with ISO 8859-1, with the decimal symbol being a point (“.”)
(ASCII 46).
5 Directory structure
All files relating to a particular test shall be held in a standard directory structure on the CD-ROM as follows.
main directory
|
|---------- .MME test descriptor file
|---------- .TXT test comment file
|---------- CHANNEL subdirectory
|-----.CHN channel information file
|-----.001 test channel file 1
……
|-----.nnn test channel file n
|-----CHANNEL.TXT channel comment file
|---------- DIAGRAM subdirectory
|-----DIAGRAM.TXT defines file formats and short description of other files in this
directory
|---------- DOCUMENT subdirectory
|-----ISO_NORM.TXT standard text file
|-----EXAMPLES_HINTS.TXT examples and hints text file
|-----CHANNEL_CODES.TXT channel codes text file
|---------- MOVIE subdirectory
|-----.MII moving image information file
|----- movie file 1
……
|----- movie file m
|-----MOVIE.TXT movie comment file
|---------- PHOTO subdirectory
|-----.PHO photo information file
|----- photo file 1
……
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|----- photo file p
|-----PHOTO.TXT photo comment file
|---------- REPORT subdirectory
|-----REPORT.TXT defines file formats and short description of other files in this
directory
|---------- STATIC subdirectory
|-----.SD1 static data file of test object 1
….
|-----.SDQ static data file of test object q
|-----STATIC.TXT static data comment file
|---------- (Additional subdirectories may be added here)
NOTE 1 is an up-to-8-digit alphanumeric code specific to the test used in the test descriptor file (see 6.1).
The main directory contains the test descriptor file, the test comment file and special subdirectories for the multimedia data.
NOTE 2 The text of this Technical Specification, its related electronic documents and additional certificates are stored
in the DOCUMENT subdirectory.
NOTE 3 Any reports are stored in the REPORT subdirectory, while digital film and video data are stored in the MOVIE,
still photograph data in the PHOTO, diagrams in the DIAGRAM, static measurements in the STATIC and transducer
channel data in the CHANNEL subdirectories, respectively.
NOTE 4 Additional information can be stored in further subdirectories.
6 File organization
6.1 General
The information shall be stored in the following types of files:
one test descriptor file for the whole test in the main directory (see 6.2);
one optional test comment file for additional information in the main directory (see 6.3);
one optional comment file for additional information in every subdirectory (see 6.3);
one channel information file in the CHANNEL subdirectory (see 6.4.1);
one test channel file for each channel in the CHANNEL subdirectory (see 6.4.2);
one text file (TXT), used to describe any diagram stored in the DIAGRAM subdirectory;
TXT files to hold all standards and complementary certificates stored in the DOCUMENT subdirectory
one movie information file and all digital film and video files in the MOVIE subdirectory (see 6.5);
one photo information file and all digital photo files in the PHOTO subdirectory (see 6.6);
TXT files to define optional test reports and results in the REPORT subdirectory;
one static measurement file for each test object in the STATIC subdirectory (see 6.7);
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TXT files used throughout to define the format of other files in their directories, showing limitations as
necessary.
Each line, except “Value of samples”, shall begin with a description field having a maximum of 28 characters.
Position 29 may be a colon. The test information shall start at position 30. Tabulation stops (“tabs”) are not
allowed. Case-sensitivity is not required for description fields.
Comment lines may be used at any line and shall be marked by the descriptor “Comments”. Each following
line of a comment shall also begin with this descriptor. Comment lines should not contain computer-readable
information.
The descriptor “Data format edition number” in the test descriptor file shall be the first descriptor. All other
description fields shall be unique within a file. Their position order may be free, although they shall not be
between or after “Values of samples” in the test channel files.
All line descriptors are mandatory except comments and additional partner-specific descriptors agreed
between the transferring parties.
6.2 Test descriptor (MME) file
This file contains general information concerning the test. Each item shall be separated by a “carriage return”
and a “line feed” (CR/LF). Each line may comprise up to 80 characters. Information within one line shall be
separated by a single space.
The test descriptor or MME (Multimedia exchange) file shall be as given in Table 1.
Table 1 — Test descriptor (MEE) file
File name: “filename”.MME,
where “filename” is identical to the 〈test number〉.
Location: main directory
Contents
Field descriptor Data format Remark
Data format edition number Float See Clauses 7 and 8.
Laboratory name Alphanumeric
Laboratory contact name Alphanumeric Person to contact
Laboratory contact phone Alphanumeric
Laboratory contact fax Alphanumeric
Laboratory contact email Alphanumeric
Laboratory test ref. number Alphanumeric
Customer
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