[bcab] ISO standard for PDF coming soon

Press release below is available at:
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200701/012907Ope
nPDFAIIM.html

AIIM to Facilitate ISO Standards Process for Leading Electronic Document
Format

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jan. 29, 2007 - Adobe Systems Incorporated
(Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it intends to release the full
Portable Document Format
(PDF) 1.7 specification to AIIM, the Enterprise Content Management
Association, for the purpose of publication by the International
Organization for Standardization
(ISO).

PDF has become a de facto global standard for more secure and dependable
information exchange since Adobe published the complete PDF
specification in 1993.
Both government and private industry have come to rely on PDF for the
volumes of electronic records that need to be more securely and reliably
shared,
managed, and in some cases preserved for generations. Since 1995 Adobe
has participated in various working groups that develop technical
specifications
for publication by ISO and worked within the ISO process to deliver
specialized subsets of PDF as standards for specific industries and
functions. Today,
PDF for Archive (PDF/A) and PDF for Exchange (PDF/X) are ISO standards,
and PDF for Engineering (PDF/E) and PDF for Universal Access (PDF/UA)
are proposed
standards. Additionally, PDF for Healthcare (PDF/H) is an AIIM proposed
Best Practice Guide. AIIM serves as the administrator for PDF/A, PDF/E,
PDF/UA
and PDF/H.

"Today's announcement is the next logical step in the evolution of PDF
from de facto standard to a formal, de jure standard," said Kevin Lynch,
senior vice
president and chief software architect at Adobe. "By releasing the full
PDF specification for ISO standardization, we are reinforcing our
commitment to
openness. As governments and organizations increasingly request open
formats, maintenance of the PDF specification by an external and
participatory organization
will help continue to drive innovation and expand the rich PDF ecosystem
that has evolved over the past 15 years."

Adobe will release the full PDF 1.7 specification as defined in the PDF
Reference Manual available at
www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html
to AIIM for the purpose of submission to ISO. The joint committee formed
under AIIM will identify issues to be addressed, as well as proposed
solutions,
and will develop a draft document that will then be presented to a Joint
Working Group of ISO for development and approval as an International
Standard.
AIIM holds the secretariat for the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 171 and 171 SC2 for
Document Management
Applications, and is the administrator for the U.S. Technical Advisory
Group to ISO TC 171 that represents the U.S. at international meetings.

"As the administrator for several specialized ISO standard subsets of
PDF, AIIM is pleased to receive this proposal from Adobe," said John
Mancini, President,
AIIM. "Over the last several years we have seen and in many cases helped
facilitate a range of ongoing market and customer focused efforts around
PDF.
These efforts have grown so broadly that it now makes sense for Adobe to
let the full specification serve as a unifying umbrella and submit it
for approval
under the formal ISO standards process."


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