Portable Document Format (PDF), Standardized As ISO 32000, Is A File Format Developed by Adobe in 1992 To
Portable Document Format (PDF), Standardized As ISO 32000, Is A File Format Developed by Adobe in 1992 To
Portable Document Format (PDF), Standardized As ISO 32000, Is A File Format Developed by Adobe in 1992 To
PDF files may contain a variety of content besides flat text Filename .pdf
and graphics including logical structuring elements, extension
interactive elements such as annotations and form-fields, Internet application/pdf,[1]
layers, rich media (including video content), three- media type
application/x-pdf
dimensional objects using U3D or PRC, and various other
data formats. The PDF specification also provides for application/x-
encryption and digital signatures, file attachments, and bzpdf
metadata to enable workflows requiring these features. application/x-
gzpdf
Type code PDF [1] (including a
Contents single space)
Uniform Type com.adobe.pdf
History Identifier (UTI)
Technical details Magic number %PDF
PostScript language Developed by Adobe Inc. (1991–
2008)
File format
ISO (2008–)
Imaging model
Initial release 15 June 1993
Vector graphics
Latest release 2.0
Raster images
Extended to PDF/A, PDF/E,
Text
PDF/UA, PDF/VT,
Transparency
PDF/X
Additional features Standard ISO 32000-2
Logical structure and accessibility
Open format? Yes
Optional Content Groups (layers)
Website www.iso.org
Encryption and signatures
/standard/75839.html
File attachments (https://www.iso.org/
Metadata standard/75839.htm
Accessibility l)
Multimedia
Forms