EA-PDF LWG

Background

The EA-PDF (Email Archiving in PDF) LWG was launched as part of a project led by the University of Illinois to create a specification for archiving email using PDF technology. The LWG was built on the planning project supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: A Specification for Using PDF to Package and Represent Email.

Having obtained a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the University of Illinois chose to fund the PDF Association to develop a detailed technical specification defining the interoperable use of PDF (ISO 32000) as an archival medium for email. In a separate effort, the University funded development of an open-source proof-of-concept implementation of the specification.

As a contractor to the University of Illinois, the PDF Association was establishing an EA-PDF Liaison Working Group (LWG). The LWG was the forum for focusing industry engagement on the specification in partnership with experts from archives and libraries who were interested in contributing to the development of the EA-PDF specification.

Objective

The Working Group is currently accepting feedback from implementers and stakeholders.

Status

The LWG is currently paused, awaiting significant feedback from implementers and stakeholders. Issues against the EA-PDF specification can be filed in the public Report-an-Issue GitHub repository.

How to participate in the Working Group

The EA-PDF LWG is open to all PDF Association Individual, Division, Full, Partner, Institutional and Liaison members. Non-member experts who wish to participate as either Invited or Liaison experts subject to their agreement with the PDF Association’s IPR Policy and Code of Conduct. Contact the community-manager@pdfa.org for more information.