Dr. Andrew Dainis has contributed a foreword to the manual. This version of the manual contains additional information about the concept of Parameter Files and points out that they are not an essential part of the C3D specification. Additional information has bee added to the description of the CAL_MATRIX parameter, which now explicitly states that it uses the Calibration matrix while TYPE-2 plates use the Sensitivity matrix.
The manual introduces the concept of signed and unsigned C3D files to accommodate the issues raised by the use of unsigned integers and bytes within the parameter section of C3D files. This has involved a major re-work to explicitly state the integer and byte types (signed vs. unsigned) throughout the manual. The chapters describing non-essential C3D parameters and manufacturer specific parameters have been removed from this release. In addition to the printed manual and Adobe PDF document, this release is available in HTML on the C3D web site and may be viewed live.