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PDF/VCR enables variable data printing applications using PDF template-based variable content substitution and a framework … Read more

The ISO 16612 family of standards defines PDF/VT for supporting variable data and high-volume transactional … Read more

The ISO 15930 family of standards define PDF/X, which support the graphic arts and professional … Read more

RFC 8118 defines the application/pdf Media Type and provides an overview of PDF fragment identifiers.

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PDF 1.7 introduced interactive 3D support using the U3D file format. PDF 2.0 expanded 3D … Read more

ISO 19444 specifies an XML format for representing forms data and annotations in ISO 32000-2 … Read more

ISO 21757-1 defines the ECMAScript API for automating and interacting with the 2D and 3D … Read more

PDF/R defines a small subset of ISO 32000 suitable for storage, transport and exchange of … Read more

The Matterhorn Protocol, a free publication, identifies all possible ways to fail PDF/UA-1.

This free application note summarizes precisely where PDF creators should add XMP metadata to PDF … Read more

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Understanding the problems faced by diverse parsers can be a great learning experience. The “Issue … Read more

ISO 32000 is the family of ISO standards that defines the core PDF specification for … Read more

ISO 19005-4, known as PDF/A-4, defines a subset of PDF 2.0 for representing electronic documents … Read more

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The PDF/UA Reference Suite is a resource for software developers and practitioners interested in best-practices … Read more

PDF in Manufacturing includes a high-level introduction to the wide range of manufacturing-relevant technologies built … Read more

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To help implementers locate the latest information, the PDF Association maintains a page of links … Read more

PDF Declarations facilitate a machine-readable notification that a PDF file (and/or its contents) conform to … Read more

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Videos from the Electronic Document Conference 2019, held in Seattle, WA. The videos are posted … Read more

The document part metadata in a PDF file that conforms to this document can be … Read more

This document describes an algorithm for producing conforming HTML from a well-tagged PDF document. HTML … Read more

The Tagged PDF Best Practice Guide includes guidance for all structure element types and attributes, … Read more

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