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'''PDF''', portable document format, based on [[PS|PostScript]] and originally from Adobe, has many subsets.  
 
'''PDF''', portable document format, based on [[PS|PostScript]] and originally from Adobe, has many subsets.  
  
As well as the 'full function' ISO 32000-1:2008 (or PDF 1.7) there is also PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/VT and PDF/UA all of which are ISO specifications.
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As well as the 'full function' ISO 32000-1:2008 (or PDF 1.7), there are also PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/VT and PDF/UA, all of which are ISO specifications.
  
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PDF profiles (formalized subsets) include the following:
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* PDF/A
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** PDF/A-1 (ISO 19005-1:2005)
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** PDF/A-2
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** PDF/A-3 (ISO 19005-3:2012)
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* PDF/E (ISO 24517-1:2008)
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* PDF/UA (ISO 14289-1)
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* PDF/VT (ISO 16612-2)
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* PDF/X
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** PDF/X-1 (ISO 15930-1:2001)
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** PDF/X-1a (ISO 15930-4:2003)
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** PDF/X-2 (ISO 15930-5:2003)
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** PDF/X-3 (ISO 15930-6:2003)
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* Tagged PDF
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format Portable Document Format (Wikipedia)]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format Portable Document Format (Wikipedia)]
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* [http://www.pdfa.org/ PDF/A Competence Center]

Revision as of 20:55, 9 November 2012

File Formats > Electronic File Formats > Document > PDF

PDF, portable document format, based on PostScript and originally from Adobe, has many subsets.

As well as the 'full function' ISO 32000-1:2008 (or PDF 1.7), there are also PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/VT and PDF/UA, all of which are ISO specifications.

PDF profiles (formalized subsets) include the following:

  • PDF/A
    • PDF/A-1 (ISO 19005-1:2005)
    • PDF/A-2
    • PDF/A-3 (ISO 19005-3:2012)
  • PDF/E (ISO 24517-1:2008)
  • PDF/UA (ISO 14289-1)
  • PDF/VT (ISO 16612-2)
  • PDF/X
    • PDF/X-1 (ISO 15930-1:2001)
    • PDF/X-1a (ISO 15930-4:2003)
    • PDF/X-2 (ISO 15930-5:2003)
    • PDF/X-3 (ISO 15930-6:2003)
  • Tagged PDF

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