PDF/A
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PDF/A is an ISO-standardized version of the Portable Document Format (PDF) specialized for use in the archiving and long-term preservation of electronic documents. PDF/A differs from PDF by prohibiting features unsuitable for long-term archiving, such as font linking (as opposed to font embedding) and encryption. The ISO requirements for PDF/A file viewers include color management guidelines, support for embedded fonts, and a user interface for reading embedded annotations.
Key facts
- File format.name
- PDF/Archive
- File format.extension
- File format.mime
- application/pdf
- File format.typecode
- 'PDF ' (including a single trailing space)
- File format.uniform_type
- com.adobe.pdf
- File format.magic
- File format.owner
- ISO
- File format.extended_from
- File format.standard
- ISO 19005
via Wikipedia infobox
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- Standards
- Background
- Description
- Conformance levels and versions
- PDF/A-1
- PDF/A-2
- PDF/A-3
- PDF/A-4
- How to create a PDF/A File
- Identification
- Validation
- Isartor Test Suite
- veraPDF
- PDF/A viewers
- Reception
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- External links
PDF/A is an ISO-standardized version of the Portable Document Format (PDF) specialized for use in the archiving and long-term preservation of electronic documents. PDF/A differs from PDF by prohibiting features unsuitable for long-term archiving, such as font linking (as opposed to font embedding) and encryption. The ISO requirements for PDF/A file viewers include color management guidelines, support for embedded fonts, and a user interface for reading embedded annotations.
== Standards ==