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Interested engineers, scientists and others with a stake in the future of dynamic electronic document technology should get involved with the PDF/E Committee and help fashion the next-generation of scientific, technical and engineering publishing. [...]
PDF/A Competence Center Newsletter: Issue 13
PDF format was first introduced in 1993 with Adobe Acrobat 1.0 from Adobe Systems. Following the standardization of PDF for special requirements like PDF/X for pre-press, PDF/A for archiving and PDF/E for engineering, Adobe invested a great effort into getting PDF format standardized for universal use. In July 2008, PDF 1.7 was officially certified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as an open standard – ISO 32000. The advantage: the open PDF standard is now manufacturer independent and offers long-term reliability. Changes and future developments to the PDF format are no longer dependent on Adobe. [...]
Session Intro – Track C: Business to Consumer (e.g. Banks, Insurances, Telcos)
In the business-to-consumer relationship, the topic of PDF/A also crosses over to the consumer. [...]
PDF/A in Siemens I IA&DT PLM Environment
This paper describes how PDF/A is used in Siemens I IA (Industry Automation) & DT (Drives Technology) PLM systems. It describes the problems and solutions from the introduction of PDF/A in 2007 to the plans for the next years. [...]
PDF/A in Product Lifecycle and Document Management at SAFRAN
SAFRAN is a global provider of high-tech equipment mainly for customers in the aerospace and defence sector. For aerospace and defence activities, strong compliance requirements have to be fulfilled. One of these requirements is the long-term storage of all technical documentation for the different projects. Long-term in the SAFRAN business means quite often 30 or more years. This paper describes how these documents are managed inside Sagem, one branch of SAFRAN, why SAFRAN decided to replace PDF by PDF/A-1b as the long-term archiving format, how the migration from PDF to PDF/A-1b was managed and how SAFRAN plans to distribute this solution all over the SAFRAN group. [...]
PDF/A in Product Life Cycle – Engineering Requirements for PDF/A
PDF (Portable Document Format) and the standard PDF/A are now being used in more and more sectors. Companies in the area of discrete manufacturing are not the only ones to profit from this standard for long-term archiving. All business processes that require documents that are secure and can be reproduced should align themselves to the new standard PDF/A. [...]
Session Intro – Track B: Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction
Technical drawings, documents and specifications that arise out of product development and engineering processes must remain available over the entire life cycle of the product. A very important question deals with the document format, which must ensure legibility after 100 years. In this case, PDF/A delivers the answer. [...]
Session Intro – Track 1: What You Need to Know About PDF/A
The articles in this chapter contain the conference presentations from Track 1: What you need to know about PDF/A, for novice to intermediate level users. [...]
PDF/A – A Look at the Technical Side
The long-term archiving format PDF/A is a relatively new standard. This document discusses some of the more technical aspects of PDF/A. If you need to produce files with static content that can be visually reproduced completely precisely today and in many years time, regardless of the device or operating system used, please read more.
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