Tag Archives: metadata

The Best of Both Worlds: AFP or PDF?

Compart AG | October 25, 2011

AFP or PDF? Opinions differ on which data format is better for output management. Considering its “triumph” in electronic data exchange, the Portable Document Format (PDF) is often viewed as irreplaceable. Nonetheless, AFP remains the most used format for mass printing. Why? [...]

The Best of Both Worlds: AFP or PDF?

Compart AG | October 25, 2011

AFP or PDF? Opinions differ on which data format is better for output management. Considering its “triumph” in electronic data exchange, the Portable Document Format (PDF) is often viewed as irreplaceable, but numerous special versions have become ISO standards – such as in archiving (PDF/A), digital prepress (PDF/X) and engineering (PDF/E) – with others waiting in the wings. PDF is also increasingly popular as an exchange format in healthcare and variable transaction output. No surprise there – PDF has real benefits. Having emerged from the widely used PostScript page description language, it offers the best properties of vector graphics, which are better than in AFP. PDF also has many extra functions: direct access to pages, compression, and interactive navigation. [...]

PDF/A Metadata XMP, RDF & Dublin Core

Adobe Systems | August 5, 2011

Metadata describes the content, character, provisos, and other characteristics of data. Metadata minimizes the work effort required for many tasks in companies and authorities and provides many automation possibilities. Learn more about the benefits of metadata. [...]

Technical Note 0003: Metadata in PDF/A-1

PDF/A Competence Center | August 4, 2011

PDF/A-1 imposes certain requirements and restrictions on document metadata in a compliant PDF/A-1 file where certain information is required to be encoded as XMP metadata, while corresponding entries in the document information dictionary for a document may be present but must match information present in the document’s XMP-encoded metadata. [...]

Top Ten Myths about PDF/A

PDF/A Competence Center | June 20, 2011

From not supporting signatures to security, OCR and metadata issues, the 10 biggest myths surrounding PDF/A are examined. Aren’t you curious to see what made our list? [...]

Life Without Metadata?

PDF Association | June 19, 2009

Metadata is the glue that holds our world and processes together but it’s often cumbersome to deal with. Even within business, metadata is often not seen as a separate area of investment that allows budget and resources be assigned to it. Metadata is not a “feature” in itself – but it enables features and allows workflows to connect to each other. Are you familiar with the benefits and concerns of metadata? [...]

The Publications Office Digital Library Project: High Volume Book Scanning Creating PDF/A-1b

PDF/A Competence Center | June 19, 2009

The European Publications Office (‘the Office’) is currently digitising its historic archive of around 130,000 publications dating back to 1952. The aim is to make the entire collection accessible for free download and online consultations by October 2009. Outsourced industrial, non-destructive mass digitisation enables production, delivery and upload of 1.5 million pages per month. The main delivery is a PDF/A-1b file containing bookmarks, basic metadata and a background text layer. [...]

PDF/A Seminar to Be Held Before the DMS EXPO in Cologne

PDF/A Competence Center | August 19, 2008

Seminar participants will spend half a day learning all they need to know about the ISO standard for long-term archiving, its areas of application and advantages. The introductory lecture will be held by Bernhard Zoeller, a well-known ECM expert and CEO of Zoeller & Partner. Afterwards, noted specialists and members of the PDF/A Competence Center will speak on a variety of topics covering many aspects of PDF/A. They will explain, for example, how metadata and electronic signatures are used in PDF/A documents. Other topics include the conversion of paper-based and electronic documents – including e-mail messages – to PDF/A. [...]

PDF/A Competence Center Newsletter: Issue 5

PDF/A Competence Center | August 1, 2008

Topics include a pre-DMS Seminar at the DMS Expo 2008 and PDF/A in mass-output. The seminar has been organized by the members of the executive committee and offers PDF/A knowledge in a concentrated form – a 4 hour compact seminar with some of the most prominent PDF/A experts and an excellent warm-up to one of the main themes of the fair. Will we see you there? [...]

Technical Note TN0008 – Predefined XMP Properties in PDF/A-1

PDF/A Competence Center | March 20, 2008

This TechNote lists all XMP schemas and properties which are allowed in PDF/A-1. Most importantly, it covers the predefined XMP schemas for use in PDF/A-1. [...]