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An informative representation of the allowable containment of structure element types as defined in ISO/TS … Read more

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The Arlington PDF Model is a free and open-source machine-readable data model of all PDF … Read more

ISO/TS 32002 is a PDF 2.0 extension specification that adds support for NIST-P, Brainpool, Edwards … Read more

ISO/TS 32001 specifies how to extend PDF 2.0 by adding support for the use of … Read more

ISO/TS 32004 is a PDF 2.0 extension that provides integrity protection along with confidentiality for … Read more

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

This free application note summarizes precisely where PDF creators should add XMP metadata to PDF … 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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To help implementers locate the latest information, the PDF Association maintains a page of links … Read more

The Associated Files feature allows PDF 2.0 writers to provide additional information related to a … Read more

Black point compensation is already widely used in production printing, especially in situations where the … Read more

A number of documents, originally published by Adobe Systems, are normatively referenced from ISO 32000-2:2017. … Read more

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