Adobe PDF is an ISO Standard

Adobe Systems popular Portable Document Format, PDF, or, as it has become better known in recent International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard, as this morning.

Adobe is a key developer and patent holder of technology, and today has changed the specification for version 1.7 in the Geneva-based ISO. This is only a year and half of Adobe plans to open specifications Association for Information Management and Image (AIIM), was to lay the foundation for the certification of ISO.

ISO issued a press release on the new standard (the so-called “ISO 32000-1:2008″), together with a quote from the Adobe chief technology officer Kevin Lynch moving to PDF universe: “As governments and organizations increasingly free format Maintenance PDF specification for external and participatory organization will further promote innovation and expansion PDF-rich ecosystems over the past 15 years, “said Lynch. This is almost verbatim what he said Lynch at AIIM the population, but it is true that usually happens when any file format ISO certified. They tend to be attractive to governments and large corporate clients.

Regarding consumers, PDF format was hit or miss a case of Web. PDF files are known for taking too much time to open the browser software Adobe Reader. Others, such as Apple, in PDF and reading at its browser Safari, Firefox, and users are trying to third-party solutions, such as Foxit accelerate the process. In addition, PDF Google search results were “open as HTML” for some time, users may abandon the format speed.

Other new file formats, ISO certification include the Microsoft Office Open XML format, that the vote for approval in April.

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