ISO/IEC
Standard for Estimating the Useful Life of DVDs
How
long will a DVD last? This is a crucial question for businesses that put
their faith in the medium for recording information and for suppliers
and consumers of DVD products. The new International Standard ISO/IEC
10995:2008 specifies an accelerated aging test method for estimating the
life expectancy for the retrievability of information stored on recordable
or rewritable optical disks.
This International Standard provides a methodology that includes the testing
of newer, currently available products. This test includes details on
the following formats: DVD-R/-RW/-RAM, +R/+RW and it may be applied to
additional optical disk formats with the appropriate specification substitutions.
Web: http://www.iso.org
