PDF is a standard?

[Jason Spatafore]

> > PDF is an "ad hoc" standard right now.  It is on the
> > path to being an 
> > official standard (ISO 32000) but it's not there
> > yet.  Honestly, saying 
> > it's not a standard because it doesn't have an ISO
> > code attached to it 
> > is nit-picking to an extreme.

It's a commercial standard (or "Best Practice" as some like to label).
It's not an ISO standard.

If your organization has set the pretense that all document formats must
be ISO-based standards, then PDF is not there yet. You could make a case
that it is on it's way to becoming a standard and there is risk involved
with implementing.

So, that's really what it comes down to.