T13/1532D Volume 3 Revision 0 Foreword (This foreward is not part of American National Standard NCITS***-***.) This AT Attachment with Packet Interface-7(ATA/ATAPI-7)standard is designed to maintain a high degree of compatibility with the AT Attachment with Packet Interface-6(ATA/ATAPI-6)standard.This standard is published in three volumes. This standard was developed by the ATA ad hoc working group of Accredited Standards Committee NCITS during 2001 and 200x.The standards approval process started in 200x.This document includes annexes that are informative and are not considered part of the standard. Requests for interpretation,suggestions for improvement and addenda,or defect reports are welcome.They should be sent to the NCITS Secretariat,Information Technology Industry Council,1250 Eye Street,NW,Suite 200,Washington,DC 20005-3922. This standard was processed and approved for submittal to ANSI by Accredited Standards Committee on Information Processing Systems,NCITS.Committee approval of the standard does not necessarily imply that all committee members voted for approval.At the time it approved this standard,the NCITS Committee had the following members: Chair Vice-Chair Secretary Organization Represented................... ......Name of Representative Technical Committee T13 on ATA Interfaces,that reviewed this standard,had the following members: Pete McLean,Chairman Dan Colegrove,Vice-Chairman Mark Evans,Secretary Technical Committee T13 on ATA Interfaces,that developed this standard,had the following additional participants: Page vT13/1532D Volume 3 Revision 0 Page v Foreword (This foreward is not part of American National Standard NCITS ***-****.) This AT Attachment with Packet Interface - 7 (ATA/ATAPI-7) standard is designed to maintain a high degree of compatibility with the AT Attachment with Packet Interface – 6 (ATA/ATAPI-6) standard. This standard is published in three volumes. This standard was developed by the ATA ad hoc working group of Accredited Standards Committee NCITS during 2001 and 200x. The standards approval process started in 200x. This document includes annexes that are informative and are not considered part of the standard. Requests for interpretation, suggestions for improvement and addenda, or defect reports are welcome. They should be sent to the NCITS Secretariat, Information Technology Industry Council, 1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005-3922. This standard was processed and approved for submittal to ANSI by Accredited Standards Committee on Information Processing Systems, NCITS. Committee approval of the standard does not necessarily imply that all committee members voted for approval. At the time it approved this standard, the NCITS Committee had the following members: , Chair , Vice-Chair , Secretary Organization Represented ......................................................................Name of Representative Technical Committee T13 on ATA Interfaces, that reviewed this standard, had the following members: Pete McLean, Chairman Dan Colegrove, Vice-Chairman Mark Evans, Secretary Technical Committee T13 on ATA Interfaces, that developed this standard, had the following additional participants: