[bcab] Re: Package used to create PDF's? was Re: ISO standard for PDF coming soon


Acrobat is the main one, but I create them using Cute pdf.

Dave.

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Of Nigel
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Subject: [bcab] Package used to create PDF's? was Re: ISO standard for PDF
coming soon


What package is used to Create PDF files?  If there is more than one which 
is the main one?

Thanks
Nigel the Circus Geek
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From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:43 PM
Subject: [bcab] Re: ISO standard for PDF coming soon


Clive - you're right in that there is no direct mention of accessibility
however there are some potential benefits although they are by no means
certainties.  For example as an open standard which anyone could adopt,
which is where we have been to date, no one developing applications which
could create pdf documents was forced to use all of the spec eg they could
if they chose completely ignore the parts about accessibility and not
include accessibility tools.  If pdf becomes and ISO, and in order to use
the ISO label a developer has to conform to all of the Standard then this
implies that they would also have to support the accessibility tools eg
support a textual off screen version of all content.  But that assumes that
carrying the ISO badge does mean using all of the component parts which
isn't a certainty at this stage. Potentially then more pdf documents could
become accessible rather than this only being an option for those created by
Adobe products. Similarly assistive technology users could use applications
other than those from Adobe to access pdf documents.  No bad thing as the
Adobe apps don't necessarily conform to the pdf format as well as you would
hope, or not where access is concerned anyway.


Adrian Higginbotham
Project manager, Standards

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994.

Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: 30 January 2007 14:22
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Subject: [bcab] Re: ISO standard for PDF coming soon

Hi Steve and all,

Unless I've missed something obvious, I see no reference to accessibility as
being a driver behind those standards.  I assume it will be taken into
account.

Regards,
Clive


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Sent: 30 January 2007 11:48
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Subject: [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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