They were only concerned with providing an interface to removable media from an application. There is a need for standards in the areas of removable media and sequential access media. Metadata may or may not be on the media, but the application needs access to it. The user requirements listed above need to be in place today. A discussion ensued as to whether they will consider nonsequential media such as optical disks.
Applications are interested in the record structure on tape.
This information is required for data interchange. The PAR developed for P1003 will specify that coordination will occur with 1244. It will also specify the areas in which the coordination will occur. There is no intention to change the syntax of the read, write, open, etc. The only change will be on behavior related to positioning after an error.