ISO 19005-4
Electronic document file format for long-term preservation – Part 4: Use of ISO 32000-2 (PDF/A-4)
PDF/A-4 is based on ISO 32000-2:2020 (PDF 2.0). It introduces the new PDF/A-4e conformance level that supports interactive 3D models for engineering workflows. The PDF Association also maintains a list of industry-approved resolutions to identified issues in PDF/A-4.
This part of ISO 19005 specifies the use of the Portable Document Format (PDF) 2.0, as formalized in ISO 32000-2, for preserving the static visual representation of page based electronic documents over time in addition to allowing any type of other content to be included as an embedded file or attachment.
This part of ISO 19005 does not apply to:
- specific processes for converting paper or electronic documents to the PDF/A format;
- specific technical design, user interface, implementation, or operational details of rendering;
- specific physical methods of storing these documents such as media and storage conditions;
- required computer hardware and/or operating systems.
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ISO 19005 is a series of standards known as PDF/A which defines a subset of PDF for representing electronic documents in a manner that preserves their static visual appearance over time, independent of the tools and systems used for creating, storing or rendering the files.
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Errata: PDF/A-4 (ISO 19005-4)
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