PDF Reference 1.7 - ISO Draft Standard

In late January 2007, Adobe Systems announced their intent to release the full Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.7 specification to ANSI and AIIM for the purpose of publishing it as an ISO standard. The specification is in the ISO fast-track process which means that the standard is submitted for vote as an enquiry draft or DIS which is a 5 month ballot. It qualifies for the fast-track process in that it is an established specification that has been submitted to ISO by the ANSI or the US which is a qualified P-member of ISO. The DIS ballot opened July 2 and will close December 2, 2007.

The US is forming a committee to represent the US interests at international meetings with regard to this standard. The first meeting of the committee will take place on Monday and Tuesday, July 16 and 17 in Silver Spring, Maryland. All interested parties are welcome to attend the meeting. For information on the agenda and the location of the meeting please visit http://www.aiim.org/standards.asp?ID=33223. Here you will find the agenda and the ability to download the draft standard as well as a change sheet that details the changes made to the document in the process of formatting it in the ISO format.

If you plan to attend the meeting, please let Ebony Dowtin at edowtin@aiim.org know that you will be attending the meeting or if you would like to be added to the listserv for this group.

A second meeting for the US committee is tentatively being scheduled for November 2007 in San Jose, California. The first International meeting will take place in January 2008 in the United States, most likely the Orlando, Florida area.