ISO/IEC 1001:2012规定了用于信息处理系统用户之间信息交换的磁带的文件结构和标签。 它指定 卷和文件结构， 包含构成文件的记录的块的基本特征， 用于识别磁带的文件、文件部分和卷的记录标签，以及 四个嵌套的交换层。 ISO/IEC 1001:2012还规定了在信息处理系统内提供的过程的要求，以使信息能够在不同系统之间交换，利用记录的磁带作为交换介质。为此，它规定了要在旨在产生或接收符合它的磁带卷的系统中提供的功能。

ISO/IEC 1001:2012 specifies the file structure and the labelling of magnetic tapes for the interchange of information between users of information processing systems. It specifies

• volume and file structure,
• basic characteristics of the blocks containing the records constituting the file,
• recorded labels for identifying files, file sections and volumes of magnetic tapes, and
• four nested levels of interchange.

ISO/IEC 1001:2012 also specifies requirements for the processes which are provided within information processing systems, to enable information to be interchanged between different systems, utilizing recorded magnetic tape as the medium of interchange. For this purpose it specifies the functions to be provided within systems which are intended to originate or receive magnetic tape volumes which conform to it.