PDF

Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as

ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to Portable Document Format
present documents, including text formatting and images, in
a manner independent of application software, hardware,
and operating systems.[2][3] Based on the PostScript
language, each PDF file encapsulates a complete description
of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts,
vector graphics, raster images and other information needed
to display it. PDF has its roots in "The Camelot Project" Adobe PDF icon
initiated by Adobe co-founder Dr. John Warnock in 1991.[4]

PDF was standardized as ISO 32000 in 2008.[5] The last

edition as ISO 32000-2:2020 was published in December
2020.

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