PDF/A
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This is retained as a resource but nothing new has been added since late 2009. No further additions will be made by the DCC.
This is retained as a resource but nothing new has been added since late 2009. No further additions will be made by the DCC.
Date added 28 August 2007
Last edited 12 November 2009
Full Title
ISO 19005-1: Document Management - Electronic Document File Format for Long-term Preservation
Description
ISO 19005-1:2005 defines the file format PDF/A-1. This is a profile of PDF (Portable Document Format), produced by Adobe Systems Incorporated, with a publically available specification. The profile places restrictions on the use of PDF components to ensure reproducability, stability and accessibility over time. The profile is based on PDF Reference 1.4.
PDF/A-1 records the structure and semantics of an electronic document, enabling the longterm preservation of the look and feel, without dependency on proprietary systems for creating, storing or rendering files.
Standards Developing Organisation
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
Rights
No information available.
Lifecycle Actions
- Access, Use and Reuse
- Create or Receive
- Data
- Migrate
- Preservation Planning
- Transform
Standard Frameworks
- Digital Archive Standards
- Electronic Records Management Standards
Standard Type
- File Formats
Current Version
- 2005 - ISO 19005-1: Document Management - Electronic Document File Format for Long-term Preservation - Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1) [external]
- Full text available for purchase from ISO.
Further Information
- The PDF/A Competence Center [external]
- Wikipedia entry for PDF/A [external]
Alternative Current Versions
None.
Previous Versions
None.
Referenced Standards
- Errata for PDF Reference, third edition, 18 June 2003
- Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition) ISO 639: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages
- ICC.1:1998-09, File Format for Colour Profiles
- ICC.1A:1999-04, Addendum 2 to Spec. ICC.1:1998-09
- IETF RFC 1766: March 1995, Tags for the Identification of Languages
- ISO 14721:2003, Space Data and Information Transfer Systems - Open Archival Information System - Reference Model
- ISO 15489-1:2001, Information and Documentation - Records Management - Part 1: General
- ISO 15930-4, Graphic Technology - Prepress Digital Exchange Using PDF - Part 4: Complete Exchange of CMYK and Spot Colour Printing Data Using PDF 1.4 (PDF/X-1a)
- ISO 18509-1: Electronic Archival Storage - Specifications Relative to the Design and Operation of Information Processing Systems in View of Ensuring the Integrity on Recordings Stored in These Systems - Part 1: Long Term Access Strategy
- ISO 18509-2: Electronic Archival Storage - Specifications Relative to the Design and Operation of Information Processing Systems in View of Ensuring the Integrity on Recordings Stored in These Systems - Part 1: Technical Specifications
- ISO 3166: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries and their Subdivisions
- ISO/IEC 10646-1 Information Technology - Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) - Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane
- ISO/IEC 646, Information Technology - ISO 7-bit Coded Character Set for Information Interchange
- ISO/IEC 9541-1, Information Technology - Font Information Interchange - Part 1: Architecture
- ISO/TR 15801:2004, Electronic Imaging - Information Stored Electronically - Recommendations for Trustworthiness and Reliability
- ISO/TR 18492:2005, Long-term Preservation of Electronic Document-based Information
- PDF Reference: Adobe Portable Document Format, Version 1.4
- RDF/XML Syntax Specification (Revised)
- W3C Note: Date and Time Formats
- XMP Specification
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