There are numerous ISO standards that deal with PDF. Below you will find an overview of the various standards, with a focus on PDF/A and PDF 1.7. As a member of the ISO Committee for PDF / A and PDF 1.7, PDF Tools AG has played a significant role in the development of these standards.
PDF / A – “archives”
The PDF/A standard (ISO 19005) defines the archiving of electronic documents as PDF. The PDF / A standard ensures that the visual appearance of electronic documents is preserved over time. This guarantees the readability of PDF / a compliant documents. PDF Tools and its experts play a leading role in the further development of the PDF/A standard. You can find out all the details about this standard format in our PDF / a knowledge base.
PDF 1.7 (ISO 32000-1, ENGLISH)
In order to further increase the acceptance of PDF, Adobe Systems submitted PDF version 1.7 to ISO for standardization at the beginning of 2007.Already on July 1, 2008, ISO 32000-1 was published, as a result of which the basic PDF became an ISO standard. Before the standard could be published, PDF Tools submitted dozens of amendments to improve the quality of the specification and solve long-standing problems.
PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2) – PDF files
This new version was created by the ISO members. In order to make it clear to the outside that this is a new standard, a ‘2’ has been added to the main version number. The change list contains more than 50 entries that contain new features, improvements – but also the cleanup of contaminated sites. The new part of the standard mainly concerns the chapters: rendering, transparency, digital signatures, metadata and accessibility.
PDF / UA – “Universal Accessibility”
PDF / UA has been an ISO standard (14289) since 2012.the format aims to make PDF documents accessible to people with disabilities. The standard contains guidelines on how PDF documents and the information elements contained therein, such as graphics, texts, multimedia elements and form fields, must be made available so that you can navigate in the document and receive the contents by voice output.
PDF / X – “Exchange”
PDF /X (ISO 15930) was first published in 2001 and standards PDF as graphic files for printing. Since its creation, several improvements and changes have been made. The current version is PDF /x-5. PDF Tools is not currently active in the field of PDF/X.
PDF / e – “engineering”(English)
PDF /E is a standard for technical documents in the fields of engineering, architecture and geoinformation. The presentation of 3D objects and the exchange of plans /drawings are to be covered by the PDF / A-4E standard in the future.
PDF /VT – “Variable printing and transaction reference”
The printing, packaging and franking of transaction documents, whether important business documents such as delivery notes, invoices and payment reminders or direct marketing letters, which are sent in almost infinite numbers, is a billion-dollar market. The high number of print jobs and the requirements for short processing times have not only led to the development of appropriate hardware such as high-performance printers. Applications such as variable data printing (VDP) were created to significantly reduce the cost per printed articleThe printing, packaging and franking of transaction documents, whether important business documents such as delivery notes, invoices and payment reminders or direct marketing letters, which are sent in almost infinite numbers, is a billion-dollar market. The high number of print jobs and the requirements for short processing times har.
