The PDF Association publishes a variety of documents and other resources to help developers, product managers, and others interested in leveraging PDF to meet their business and organizational objectives.
Most publications listed on pdfa.org are developed through our publications process, and are freely available to members and non-members alike.
PDF Association members may access drafts of current and upcoming ISO standards via the members-only intranet.
PDF Association // October 26, 2018 |
The Associated Files feature allows PDF writers to provide additional information about files related to a PDF file in a standardized and therefore machine-readable manner.
August 1, 2008 |
ISO standard |
ISO 32000-1 is the first ISO specification for PDF. The document is an ISO formalization of Adobe’s own PDF Reference …
March 20, 2008 |
Technical notes |
This TechNote explains how to construct an XMP extension schema for PDF/A-1. It complements TechNote 0008: Predefined XMP Properties in …
March 20, 2008 |
Technical notes |
This TechNote lists all XMP schemas and properties which are allowed in PDF/A-1. Most importantly, it covers the predefined XMP …
March 20, 2008 |
Technical notes |
Diese TechNote führt alle XMP-Schemas und Eigenschaften auf, die in PDF/A-1 erlaubt sind. Dabei werden insbesondere die vordefinierten XMP-Schemas für die Verwendung in PDF/A-1 abgedeckt. Es handelt sich hierbei nicht nur …
March 18, 2008 |
Technical notes |
PDF/A-1 imposes certain requirements and restrictions on document metadata in a compliant PDF/A-1 file where certain information is required to …
March 18, 2008 |
Technical notes |
A PDF/A-1 file must be identified as such by the presence of a certain entry in its XMP document metadata. …
March 14, 2008 |
Technical notes |
Digital signatures are primarily used to check the integrity of the signed part of the document. They also can be …
March 14, 2008 |
Technical notes |
The PDF/A-1 requirements related to color handling may be confusing to users and developers who are not familiar with color …
March 14, 2008 |
Technical notes |
Digitale Signaturen werden in erster Linie verwendet, um die Integrität signierter Dokumente zu überprüfen. Sie können auch verwendet werden, um die Identität des Unterzeichners zu authentifizieren oder …
August 25, 2005 |
ISO standard |
The primary purpose of ISO 19005 is to define a file format based on PDF, known as PDF/A, which provides …
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