Minor point of correction regarding their proprietary natures: Neither is
completely proprietary. TIFF6 has not been updated since 1992 and portions
of it were standardized by CCITT/ITU around the same time period (though I
could not find a specific cite).

PDF is in fact an ISO standard, ISO 32000-1:2008 (
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=51502, reconfirmed
just last month). There are a number of other ISO PDF-related standards
like PDF/A (ISO 19005-1/2/3), PDF/X (ISO 24517, engineering drawings), and
others in development.

Full disclosure: I work for AIIM and AIIM is intimately involved with the
PDF standardization efforts I mentioned, to the point that we may be
leading the ANSI/ISO efforts for it (though I'm not the standards guy so
blame me if I got that wrong).

Regards,

Jesse Wilkins, CIP, CRM
Director, AIIM
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On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Larry Medina <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Linda Buss <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > I am curious about the pros and cons for saving scanned images in tif vs.
> > pdf.  Does a nyone want to venture an opinion?
> >
> > Linda Buss, MA, CRM
> >
> >
> Lots of great published research and papers on this that will help you
> decide what works better for you:
>
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=which+is+better+TIFF+vs+PDF
>
> One of the things to keep in mind is that although these are BOTH
> 'proprietary' formats, Adobe has placed a copy of the PDF format in escrow
> for a fixed time, in part to address the issues around the use of PDF/A.
> Another chief consideration is the resultant file sizes of the scanned
> images.  TIFF files are also much larger than PDFs, so the storage
> requirements and ability to communicate files can at times be a problem.
>
> If you're storing textual documents, or combined simple 2 dimensional
> images and text, PDF is a pretty universally accepted way to go.  With more
> complex files and 3D images or line drawings, etc many prefer TIFF and
> scans imaged at a higher resolution.  Again, your files will be larger, but
> the image clarity may be more important with these for future use.
>
> Another issue is if the images are going to be sent somewhere like NARA- at
> this point, PDF/A is the preferred format for acceptance of imaged files,
> but that doesn't mean they WON'T accept anything else- you need to check
> with the Agency you're working with or NARA to determine what the
> requirements are on that.
>
> Larry
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