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ISO May 2021 Meetings

The spring 2021 PDF Week for ISO TC171 SC2 will be held virtually! PDF Association members may attend to help advance PDF, PDF/A, PDF/UA and more.

ISO attendees should register via ISO. PDF Association members do not need to register.

EVENT INFO

May 4, 2021 - May 12, 2021


All ISO TC171/SC 2 meetings will be virtual.


Attendees must be registered in the ISO database. Members of the PDF Association wishing to attend should contact ISO Liaison Officer Dietrich von Seggern at Dietrich.seggern@pdfa.org.


ISO meeting


In early May 2021, the ISO committees for PDF and related standards will gather in Paris, France or virtually for several days of meetings.

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NOTE: There is no work for WG5 and no WG 6 at this time.

Working Group 7

ISO/PDTS 24064 (3D data streams conforming to STEP AP242)

Review use cases.

ISO/AWI 14739-1 (3D use of Product Representation Compact (PRC) format)

Review plans to restart.

ISO/DTS 24654 (Non-Rectangular Links)

Review ballot results, comments.

Discussion group reports

  • 14739-1 editing
  • glTF into ISO 32000
  • ECMAScript and PDF 2.0

Working Group 8

ISO/DTS 32001, Document management – Portable Document Format – Extensions to Encryption and Hash Algorithm support in ISO 32000-2 (PDF 2.0)

Review ballot results, comments.

ISO/DTS 32002, Document management – Portable Document Format – Extensions to digital signatures support in ISO 32000-2 (PDF 2.0)

Review ballot results, comments.

ISO/NP/PDTS 32003 – Document management – Portable Document Format – Adding support of AES-GCM in PDF 2.0

Review ballot results, comments.

ISO/NP/PDTS  32004 – Document management – Portable Document Format – Integrity Protection in encrypted document in PDF 2.0

Review ballot results, comments.

Discussion group reports

  • Encryption and Digital Signature
  • Potential New 2D Image Formats for PDF
  • Initial Graphic State for Tiling Pattern
  • Variable Width

Working Group 9

ISO/NP/CD 14289-2 – Document management applications – Electronic document file format enhancement for accessibility – Part 2: Use of ISO 32000-2 (PDF/UA-2)

Review ballot results, comments.

ISO/NP/PDTS 32005 – Document management – Portable Document Format – PDF 1.7 and 2.0 namespace inclusion in ISO 32000-2

Review ballot results, comments.

Discussion Group Reports

  • Accessible Support for Navigation
  • Forms Accessibility
  • Reconciling 1.7 and 2.0 namespaces
  • ARIA Beyond PDF/UA
  • ISO 14289-2 editing

Working Group 10

NP/PDTR: Document management – Digital file format – Selection criteria

Review ballot results, comments

Working Group 11

ISO/NP PDTS 18759, Document management – Trusted storage sub-system (TSS) functional and technical requirements

Review ballot results, comments.

Working Group 12

ISO/DIS 16684-3, Graphic technology – Extensible metadata platform (XMP) specification – Part 3: JSON-LD serialization of XMP

Document to be published.

ISO/CD 16684-4, Graphic technology – Extensible metadata platform (XMP) specification – Part 4: Use of XMP for semantic units

Review ballot results, comments.

Discussion group reports

  • 3D product metadata for PDF files
  • 16684-4 Editing

Attending the meetings

The meetings may be held virtually due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. Attendance is available to members of the ISO WG or of the PDF Association at no charge, but registration is required. Teleconference access will also be provided to registered attendees.

PDF Association members who wish to attend should contact the PDF Association’s Liaison Officer, Dietrich von Seggern, directly for accreditation via the PDF Association’s liaison with ISO TC 171 SC 2. PDF Association members are entitled to review Committee documents prior to the meetings.

For those who participate via their respective country’s TC 171 member body organization, you must be accredited and entered into ISO’s Global Database prior to attending. Contact Betsy Fanning at the PDF Association, Inc. (secretariat for ISO TC 171 SC 2) for more information.


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