Re: PDF is a standard?

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Author: Jason Spatafore
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To: eculbert, Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: PDF is a standard?

> > 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.

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