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ISO 19005, known as PDF/A-3, is equivalent to PDF/A-2, but with the addition of the … Read more

This paper highlights how the Department of Defense is changing its procurement practices through a … Read more

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The Technical Conference 2012 in March 27-28, 2012 in Basel, Switzerland was focused on PDF/UA. … Read more

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This test suite comprises a set of files which can be used to check the … Read more

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ISO 19005-2 defines a subset of PDF 1.7 for representing electronic documents in a manner … Read more

The 4th International PDF/A conference included presentations on PDF/A and PDF/A-2, accessibility, metadata, archives and … Read more

Introducción al PDF/A permite al usuario echar un vistazo entre bastidores a la norma y … Read more

PDF/A ist das PDF für die Langzeitarchivierung. PDF/A – Ende 2005 verabschiedet – ist das … Read more

ISO 24517 defines PDF/E which is a subset of PDF 1.6 supporting the exchange of … Read more

Upon submission of PDF 1.7 to ISO for standardization in 2007, Adobe issued a summary … Read more

ISO 32000-1 was the first ISO-standardization of PDF. It’s based on Adobe’s PDF 1.7.

This TechNote explains how to construct an XMP extension schema for PDF/A-1.

This TechNote lists all XMP schemas and properties which are allowed in PDF/A-1. Most importantly, … Read more

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Diese TechNote führt alle XMP-Schemas und Eigenschaften auf, die in PDF/A-1 erlaubt sind. Dabei werden insbesondere die vordefinierten XMP-Schemas für die Verwendung in PDF/A-1 abgedeckt. Es … Read more

PDF/A-1 imposes certain requirements and restrictions on document metadata in a compliant PDF/A-1 file where … Read more

A PDF/A-1 file must be identified as such by the presence of a certain entry … Read more

Digital signatures are primarily used to check the integrity of the signed part of the … Read more

The PDF/A-1 requirements related to color handling may be confusing to users and developers who … Read more

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Digitale Signaturen werden in erster Linie verwendet, um die Integrität signierter Dokumente zu überprüfen. Sie können auch verwendet werden, um … Read more

This standard defines the syntax and semantics of the Universal 3D file format, an extensible … Read more

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