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Zum Download eines einzelnen Flyers bitte auf das Flyerbild klicken. Globale und offene ISO-Standards für … Read more

Download the English version of the PDF Association, PDF/A, PDF/UA and PDF/VT standards to learn … Read more

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This collection of four sets of graphically-rich, robust, valid PDF/VT files facilitates testing and demonstrating … Read more

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PDF Day events consist of a number of strictly educational (no product pitches allowed) presentations. … Read more

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

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

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

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

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