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Commercial and free PDF creation, viewing or validation software that exposes the relationship between a … Read more

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PDF cheat sheets are quick-reference tools to help developers work more efficiently while ensuring that … Read more

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Authoritative answers to common questions about Tagged PDF.

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PDF and FDF COS syntax VSCode extension for PDF developers interested in learning PDF as … Read more

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Explanations of technical terms related to accessibility as used in the PDF and PDF/UA standards.

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

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

PDF Assiciation publication about PDF/X. PDF/X was the first ISO standard based on PDF technology. … Read more

PDF/A l’essentiel 2.0 PDF pour l’archivage à long terme is the french translation of PDF/A … Read more

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ISO 14289-1, more commonly known as PDF/UA, was first published in the summer of 2012 … Read more

Der ISO-Standard 14289-1, bekannt als PDF/UA, erschien im Sommer 2012. Er beschreibt erstmalig und einheitlich … Read more

PDF/A in a Nutshell 2.0 provides a comprehensive introduction to the ISO standard and shows … Read more

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PDF/A ist ein ISO-Standard für die Verwendung des PDF-Formats in der Langzeitarchivierung elektronischer Dokumente. Seit … Read more

This paper explains how 3D PDF enables the Model Based Enterprise by providing a means … Read more

This paper highlights how these 3D PDF formats are similar, how they are different, and … Read more

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

The Camelot Project is the Adobe strategy document that launched the PDF revolution.

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