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dots(4)
NAME
  dots, DOTS - Data Object Transport Syntax (DOTS) files

DESCRIPTION
  DOTS (Data Object Transport Syntax) is a DDIS/ASN.1 syntax for
  encapsulating and transferring revisable DDIF compound documents and DTIF
  files having external links to multiple subfiles or data objects via mail
  systems. When the referenced subfiles or objects are moved from one
  location to another, the storage address (for example, file name) must be
  updated within the base document.

  DOTS allows composite data objects, such as compound documents with linked
  subfiles, to be moved (mailed) from one location to another as a single
  object and allows the necessary storage reference to be updated as part of
  the process.

  For more information, refer to manpages for the ctod and dtoc commands,
  which are used to pack and unpack DDIF and DTIF files and their externally
  linked subfiles. The commands can also be used to copy a related set of
  DDIF or DTIF files, or both, from one location to another.

SEE ALSO
  cdoc(1), ctod(1), dtoc(1), cda(4), ddif(4), ddis(4), dtif(4)