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• ID: fdd000123
• Short name: PDF_1_5
• Content categories: text, still image>
• Format category: file format, wrapper
• Last significant update: 2005-01-22
• Draft status: Partial
Identification and description
Full name | PDF (Portable Document Format), version 1.5 |
Description | PDF (Portable Document Format), developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated, is described by Adobe as a general document representation language. PDF represents formatted, page-oriented documents. These documents may be structured or simple. They may contain text, images, graphics, and other multimedia content, such as video and audio. There is support for annotations, metadata, hypertext links, and bookmarks.
Version 1.5 of the PDF format was associated with Acrobat and Adobe Reader 6.0.
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Production phase | In general, a final-state format for delivery to end users. |
Relationship to other formats | |
Subtype of | PDF |
Has earlier version | PDF_1_4 |
Local use
LC experience or existing holdings | See PDF |
LC preference | See PDF |
Sustainability factors
Disclosure | See PDF |
Documentation |
See PDF
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Adoption | TBD |
Licensing and patent claims | See PDF |
Transparency | See PDF |
Self-documentation | Version 1.4 and later of PDF can include XMP metadata packages. XMP is Adobe's framework for including arbitrary blocks of metadata, using a representation in RDF. |
External dependencies | None. |
Technical protection considerations | See PDF |
Quality and functionality factors
Normal rendering for text | See PDF. |
Integrity of structure | See PDF. |
Integrity of layout | See PDF. |
Integrity of rendering of equations, etc. | See PDF. |
Beyond normal rendering for text | See PDF |
File type signifiers
Tag type | Value | Note |
Filename Extension | pdf | See PDF. |
Notes
General | |
History | PDF 1.5 was released in August 2003 and is associated with version 6 of Acrobat and Adobe Reader. |
Format specifications
URLs
• Adobe PDF Specifications (http://partners.adobe.com/asn/tech/pdf/specifications.jsp)
• http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/pdf/PDFReference15_v6.pdf. PDF Reference, Fourth Edition, Version 1.5. Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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Useful references
URLs
• JHOVE PDF-hul Module (http://hul.harvard.edu/jhove/pdf-hul.html)
Last Updated: Wednesday, 07-Mar-2007 12:40:22 EST
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