[odf-discuss] Adobe to Release PDF for Industry Standardization

[Jean Hollis Weber]

January 29, 2007 Press Release
Adobe to Release PDF for Industry Standardization:
AIIM to Facilitate ISO Standards Process for Leading Electronic 
Document Format

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070128005026&newsLang=en

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.