Feds help create PDF archiving standard

Feds help create PDF archiving standard.

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05/19/04

Feds help create PDF archiving standard

By Joab Jackson
GCN Staff

A number of federal agencies are working to create an archiving version of the Portable Document Format, offered by Adobe Systems Inc. of Mountain View, Calif. The version will be submitted to the International Organization for Standardization for approval as an international standard.

The committee hopes to release a draft of the PDF/A standard by early next year with a final standard out by the end of 2005, said committee member Stephen Levenson, who works in the administrative office of the U.S. Courts.