It's final! The PDF specification that billions of documents are based upon is now an ISO standard. The Portable Document Format (PDF), undeniably one of the most commonly used formats for electronic documents, is now accessible as an ISO International Standard - ISO 32000-1. This move follows a decision by Adobe Systems Incorporated, original developer and copyright owner of the format, to relinquish control to ISO, who is now in charge of publishing the specifications for the current version (1.7) and for updating and developing future versions. While this is an ISO standard, AIIM had a key role in the process of bringing the once Adobe controlled specification to ISO. AIIM, on behalf of ANSI, holds the secretariat for the ISO committee that is responsible for the development of ISO 32000-1. This version of the standard is an exact replica of the existing PDF 1.7.
While the committee's initial work has been completed in getting the standard through the approval and pubication process, the committee's work is far from over. The focus for the committee will now be to identify new features and functions that may be added to the PDF file and included in the standard. To follow the activities of the US committee for this standard, please visit http://www.aiim.org/Standards/article.aspx?ID=33223. For more information on this standard, please feel free to contact Betsy Fanning at bfanning@aiim.org.
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