ISO 9660 is a standard describing volume and file structure of a CD-ROM. A free available version is the ECMA 119 standard.
ISO 9660 is a standard that describes the file system of a CD-ROM volume.
The ISO 9660 standard is identical to the freely available ECMA 119 standard, which can be found on the ECMA website.
Extensions to the ISO 9660 standard include:
- Joliet
Adds support for longer file names and identifiers using the Unicode character set. (Wikipedia) - El Torito
Enables computer systems to boot from the ISO 9660 disc. (Wikipedia) - Rock Ridge
Adds POSIX file permissions and ownership information, symbolic links, and support for longer file names. (Wikipedia)
