• Scope
• Chairman
• Committee Documents & Meeting Schedule
• Resources
• Presentations
• Press Releases / Articles
• Publications
• Documents for Review & Comment

For more information on how to join this committee, please contact AIIM Standards.

Scope

Responsible for specifying PDF tags for the archival or long-term preservation of electronic documents.

Chairman

Stephen Levenson, Administrative Office of the U.S. District Courts

Committee Documents and Meeting Schedule

Meeting Schedule

The US PDF/A committee will be taking a development break to focus on promoting the adoption of the PDF/A family of standards. If a meeting is called, an agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting and posted on this page. 

Committee Documents

• Meeting Minutes, June 23, 2009 (PDF/A 2009-006)
• Meeting Minutes, April 14, 2009 (PDF/A 2009-003)
• Meeting Minutes, January 15, 2009 (PDF/A 2009-001)
• Meeting Minutes, September 26, 2008 (PDF/A 2008-006)
• Meeting Minutes, August 11, 2008 (PDF/A 2008-004)
• Meeting Minutes, November 28, 2007 (PDF/A 2007-008)
• Draft Meeting Minutes, August 16, 2007 (PDF-A 2007-005)
• Draft Meeting Minutes, May 18, 2007 (PDF-A 2007-003)
• Draft Meeting Minutes, December 6, 2006 (PDF-A 2006-006REV)
• Draft Meeting Minutes, August 3, 2006 (PDF-A 2006-005)
• Draft Meeting Agenda, August 3, 2006 (PDF-A 2006-003)
• Draft Meeting Minutes, May 16, 2006 (PDF-A 2006-002)
• Onsite Draft Meeting Agenda, May 16, 2006 (PDF-A 2006-001)
• Draft Meeting Agenda, January 25-26, 2006 - Berlin Germany
• Draft Meeting Minutes, October 11-12, 2005 (PDF-A 2005-011)
• Draft Meeting Agenda, October 11-12, 2005 (PDF-A 2005-010)
• Draft Meeting Minutes, April 7, 2005 (PDF-A 2005-009)
• Draft Meeting Minutes, July 14, 2004 (PDF-A 2004-008)
• Draft Meeting Agenda, July 14, 2004 (PDF-A 2004-007)
• Draft Meeting Minutes, March 23, 2004 (PDF-A 2004-005)
• Draft Meeting Agenda, March 23, 2004 (PDF-A 2004-004)
• REVISED Draft Agenda, January 27-28, 2004 (PDF-A 2004-002)
• Draft Agenda, January 27-28, 2004 (PDF-A 2004-001)
• Draft Minutes, November 20-21, 2003 (PDF-A 2003-010)
• ISO NWI Balloted Document
• Draft Minutes, July 10-11, 2003 (PDF-A 2003-007)
• Draft Agenda, November 20-21, 2003 (PDF-A 2003-008)
• Draft Agenda, July 10-11, 2003 (PDF-A 2003-006)
• Meeting Minutes, May 1, 2003 (PDF-A 2003-005)
• Agenda, May 1, 2003 (PDF-A 2003-004)
• Meeting Minutes, February 27-28, 2003 (PDF-A 2003-003)
• Agenda,February 27-28, 2003 Meeting
• Meeting Minutes, December 12-13, 2002 (PDF-A 2003-001)
• Agenda, December 12-13, 2002 Meeting
• Minutes, October 3-4, 2002 Meeting
• Agenda, October 3-4, 2002 Meeting

Resources

PDF/A Resources

• ISO 19005-1 Frequently Asked Question (FAQ)
• PDF/A Compliant Product Links
• PDF Expert Corner
• Additional information about the development of ISO 19005-1 may be found at Application Notes

Adobe Specifications

• PDF Reference 1.4
• XMP Specification
• PDF Reference 1.6 Fifth Edition
• Errata for PDF Reference, fifth edition, Version 1.6
• PDF Reference 1.7 Sixth Edition November 2006
• XMP Specification September 2005
• PDF Blend Modes: Addendum
• Acrobat JavaScript Scripting Reference

Presentations

• Ed Chase XMP Update Presentation
• John Brinkema Collections Presentation
• Society of American Archivist, August 2005, New Orleans
• American Society of Information Science and Technology, November 2005, Charlotte
• ARMA, September 2005, Chicago

Press Releases/Articles

• ISO Focus Article by Susan Sullivan
• The content that endures: What to know about PDF/A by Duff Johnson
• ISO 15930-1, PDF-X
• PDF-Archive Press Release
• Adobe Presentation - PDF-A Background - October 3, 2002
• Adobe Presentation - PDF - October 3, 2002
• Brainstorming Notes Fri AM
• Requirements Notes Fri
• Requirements Document - May 2002
• SAA 69th Annual Meeting, New Orleans August 14-21, 2005, PDF/A The Development of a Digital Preservation Standard (PPT Presentation).

Documents for Review and Comment

Reminder: The documents in this section are drafts and are subject to much change as they are developed.

ISO 19005-1 and ISO 19005-2 have been approved and published. ISO 19005-3 will soon be published which will allow for embedded files. 

This is a joint activity between NPES, The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, and the Association for Information and Image Management, International (AIIM International) to develop and maintain the International standard that defines the use of the Portable Document Format (PDF) for archiving and preserving documents.