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The definitive list of all ISO standards for PDF technology.



Status of PDF standardization at ISO

Current status of the ISO standards development work in the program of work for ISO TC 171 SC 2 and TC 130 “Graphic Technology” WG 2.



PDF 2.0 normative references

ISO provides public access to various clauses of ISO publications including the Normative References clause through its Online Browsing Platform, however, this is not working for ISO 32000 and various other ISO publications referenced by PDF 2.0. This reference should … Read more



ISO 16684 (XMP)

The primary purpose of ISO 16684 is to define a metadata format and XML serialization for use in many applications, including in PDF files.



ISO 16684-4

This document broadens the concept of XMP specified in ISO 16684-1 so that XMP can be used to describe a semantic unit (SU).



ISO 16684-3

This document defines how the XMP data model can be serialized to JSON-LD.



ISO 16684-2

This part of ISO 16684 specifies the use of RELAX NG to describe serialized XMP metadata.



ISO 16684-1

This document defines two essential components of XMP metadata – data model and serialization.



ISO/TS 32007

An ISO extension to PDF 2.0 adding support for glTF 3D models in PDF.



ISO 14289-2

ISO 14289-2:2024 (PDF/UA-2) defines the use of tagged PDF in files conforming to ISO 32000-2:2020 (PDF 2.0) to ensure accessible content.



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