Presented at PDF Days Europe 2021
( 2021, Sep )

The Arlington PDF Model

A specification-derived, machine-readable definition of PDF

Excerpt: This talk will present the Arlington PDF Model as the first open access, vendor-neutral, comprehensive, specification-derived machine-readable definition of all formally defined PDF objects and their intra- and inter-object relationships. This represents the bulk of the latest 1,000-page ISO PDF 2.0 specification in a machine-readable text-based definition of the entire PDF DOM. It establishes a state of the art “ground truth” for future PDF research efforts and implementers. Using either trivia … Read more

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About the presenter(s)

A developer and researcher working on PDF technologies for more than 20 years, Peter is the PDF Association’s CTO and an independent technology consultant.

Peter Wyatt
PDF Association

Description

This talk will present the Arlington PDF Model as the first open access, vendor-neutral, comprehensive, specification-derived machine-readable definition of all formally defined PDF objects and their intra- and inter-object relationships. This represents the bulk of the latest 1,000-page ISO PDF 2.0 specification in a machine-readable text-based definition of the entire PDF DOM. It establishes a state of the art “ground truth” for future PDF research efforts and implementers. Using either trivial Linux commands, or simple scripts, or more advanced programs a multitude of potential use-cases are supported, including test case generation, extant data validation, parser generation, modelling and rapid forensic analysis of PDF syntax fragments.