System and method for implementing a common descriptor format

摘要

A system and method is disclosed for the implementation of a common descriptor format for storage data formats regardless of the storage media. An example storage medium using a common descriptor format may comprise data stored on the storage medium and a common descriptor that is associated with the stored data and stored on the storage medium. The common descriptor may include formatting information stored in a standardized format. The formatting information may be sufficient to describe how the data is formatted.