PDF/A standard for long term archiving
Ramona Vasilescu
TL;DR
The paper discusses the PDF/A standard, an ISO-defined format designed to ensure long-term preservation of electronic documents' visual appearance regardless of future software or hardware changes.
Contribution
It explains the PDF/A standard's role in long-term archiving and how it maintains document fidelity over time.
Findings
PDF/A ensures visual fidelity of archived documents.
The standard is ISO 19005-1 compliant.
It facilitates future-proof digital document preservation.
Abstract
PDF/A is defined by ISO 19005-1 as a file format based on PDF format. The standard provides a mechanism for representing electronic documents in a way that preserves their visual appearance over time, independent of the tools and systems used for creating or storing the files.
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TopicsLibrary Science and Information Systems