PDF for archival preservation with support for embedded files, 2012
Abbreviation: PDF/A-3
Identifiers:
| Type | Id | |
|---|---|---|
| SIS ID | fPDFA-3 |  Copy ID to clipboardSIS ID copied |
| LOCLibrary of Congress | fdd000360 |
Media type(s):
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application/pdf
File extension(s): .pdf
Format family: PDF/A
Functional domains:
- Documentation
- Textual Source Language Data
Recommendations:
| Centre | Domain | Level | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACDH-ARCHE | DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. | acceptable | |
| ORTOLANG | DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. | acceptable | |
| ORTOLANG | Textual Source Language DataWritten unstructured/plain text or originally structured text (e.g. HTML) without linguistic or other mark-up added for research purposes. | acceptable | |
| OTA | DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. | acceptable | |
| Sprakbanken | DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. | acceptable |
Description:
PDF/A-3 is a format that differs from PDF/A-2 in only one regard: it allows embedding of arbitrary file formats (such as XML, CSV, CAD, word-processing documents, spreadsheet documents, and others) into PDF/A conforming documents. Other formats in the PDF/A family are as follows:
- PDF/A-1: "Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4" (2005-09-28)
- PDF/A-2: "Part 2: Use of ISO 32000-1" (2011-06-20)
- PDF/A-4: "Part 4: Use of ISO 32000-2" (2020-11)
Centres should note that Part 1 references an obsolete version of PDF, while parts 2 and 3 reference the fully open PDF 1.7.
For more details, see a Wikipedia overview or consult the standards documents, where available.
VeraPDF is an open-source validator for PDF/A formats.
On concerns over PDF/A-3 from the archival perspective, see "Archivists: No Flowers For PDF/A-3".
Keywords: document format, binarized TextualData
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