1. Introduction
2. Historical perspective
3. The RPN standard file flavors
4. The RPN standard file attributes
   1. I - Classification by category
   2. II - Classification by usage
   3. III - Limitations of Size and Values
5. Grid types and projections supported in RPN standard files
6. Detailed description of RPN standard file attributes
   1. Variable name (NOMVAR):
   2. Type of field (TYPVAR):
   3. Label (ETIKET):
   4. Vertical level (IP1):
   5. Forecast hour (IP2):
   6. User defined identifier (IP3):
   7. Length of time step (DEET):
   8. Time step number (NPAS):
   9. Date of original analysis (DATEO) and date of validity (DATEV):
   10. Dimension of grid along the X, Y and Z axes (NI, NJ, NK):
   11. Type of geographical projection (GRTYP) and grid parameters (IG1-IG2-IG3-IG4):
   12. Type of data (DATYP):
   13. Packing ratio (NPAK and NBITS):
7. The RPN standard file library
8. Effect of standard file function calls on file pointer position
9. A basic example: creating a standard file from ASCII data
10. A second example: querying the contents of a standard file
11. Other query methods
12. Source code examples