Index for Section 4

Alphabetical listing for C

cda(4)
NAME
  cda, CDA - Compound Document Architecture

DESCRIPTION
  Digital's CDA(TM) architecture is an enabling technology for the creation
  and storage of compound documents and tabular data encompassing multiple
  interchange formats, services, and applications.

  The CDA architecture defines two document formats and a mail syntax for the
  sharing and transport of revisable compound document and tabular file
  formats:

    ·  DDIF(TM) (Digital Document Interchange Format) is the interchange and
       application file format for compound documents containing text,
       graphics, images, and audio.

    ·  DTIF(TM) (Digital Table Interchange Format) is the interchange and
       application file format for tabular data, such as spreadsheets and
       multidimensional tables.

    ·  DOTS (Data Object Transport Syntax) is a transparent interface for the
       transfer of compound documents with external links to multiple
       subfiles via mail systems.

  DDIF, DTIF, and DOTS are based on DDIS (Digital Data Interchange Syntax),
  an ASN.1 syntax that conforms to the specifications of International
  Standards Organization Abstract Syntax Notation One (ISO ASN.1).

  DEC CDA Run-Time Services provides the facilities for CDA applications to
  create, store, interchange, and display CDA-supported compound document and
  tabular file formats. The run-time environment includes the following:

    ·  A library of callable routines used by applications capable of reading
       and writing DDIF (Digital Document Interchange Format) and DTIF
       (Digital Table Interchange Format) files and invoking CDA converters.

    ·  A command line interface to display and convert revisable compound
       document and tabular files from one format to another using the run-
       time converters. A windows-based CDA Viewer provides the option to
       display CDA documents on Tru64 UNIX systems which have installed
       DECwindows Motif.

  DEC CDA Run-Time Services are available in the OSFCDABASE and OSFXCDA
  subsets of the Tru64 UNIX kit or in the DEC CDA Run-Time Services layered
  product.

  For more information on converting files, refer to manpages for the cdoc
  command, cda_msg, and run-time converters: ddifanls, ddifps, ddiftext,
  dtifddif, dtifanls, and textddif.


  For more information on viewing files, refer to manpages for the vdoc and
  dxvdoc commands, dvr_msg, and cda_msg.

  Network services such as DECwindows Motif mail, DECnet(TM), the File
  Transfer Protocol, DEC(TM) MAILworks(TM), PATHWORKS(TM), and ACA(TM)
  LiveLinks(TM) support transfer of CDA documents among key NAS(TM)
  platforms: VMS(TM) and ULTRIX(TM) DECwindows(TM) Motif(R), Sun(TM)
  SPARCstations(TM), Tru64 UNIX (R), MS-DOS(R) Microsoft(R) Windows(TM), and
  OS/2(TM). For more information, refer to manpages for DOTS and the dtoc and
  ctod commands.

  There are a number of Digital and third-party CDA-capable applications
  currently available on Tru64 UNIX DECwindows Motif and other platforms.
  See your Digital sales representative for further information.

  Sun and SPARCstation are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

  Motif and OSF/1 are registered trademarks of Open Software Foundation, Inc.

  MS-DOS and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

  Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

  ACA, CDA, DDIF, DEC MAILworks, DEC, DECnet, DECwindows, DTIF, LiveLinks,
  NAS, PATHWORKS, ULTRIX, VMS, and the Digital logo are trademarks of Digital
  Equipment Corporation.

  OS/2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

SEE ALSO
  cdoc(1), ctod(1), ddifanls(1), ddifps(1), ddiftext(1), dtifanls(1),
  dtifddif(1), dtoc(1), dxvdoc(1X), textddif(1), vdoc(1), cda_msg(4),
  ddif(4), ddis(4), dots(4), dtif(4), dvr_msg(4)