PDF/Archive

The PDF/Archive (PDF/A) committee is responsible for specifying PDF tags for the archival or long-term preservation of electronic documents.

Chairman: Stephen Levenson, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

Next Meeting: December 15 at 3:30 p.m. or December 16 at 2 p.m. Eastern at AIIM Silver Spring, MD Office

Please join AIIM's PDF group at Information Zen and join your PDF colleagues in discussion.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

ISO 19005-1 Frequently Asked Question (FAQ)

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Resources

PDF/A Compliant Product Links

Additional information about the development of ISO 19005-1 may be found at Application Notes

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

• ISO Focus Article by Susan Sullivan

• 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

• Draft Meeting Minutes, August 3, 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

• 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).

A new joint activity has been initiated 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 an International standard that defines the use of the Portable Document Format (PDF) for archiving and preserving documents... read more!