PDF is an open standard, except when it's not
PDF is an open standard, except when it's not
Posted Jun 8, 2025 2:24 UTC (Sun) by spigot (subscriber, #50709)In reply to: PDF is an open standard, except when it's not by leephillips
Parent article: The importance of free software to science
At a previous job we had to save legal documents (e.g. contracts), and the requirement was to use PDF/A, which standardizes a subset of PDF features. It's intended for archival purposes.