Dear colleagues, Fred G and others,
 
PDF/A is not an Adobe product it is an ISO Standard - ISO 19005-1. Document
management - Electronic document file format for long-term preservation -
Part 1: Use of PDF (PDF/A).
 
Details available @
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000125.shtml or download a
copy @ ISO/CD 19005-1.
<http://www.aiim.org/documents/standards/ISO_19005-1_(E).doc>  Document
management - Electronic document file format for long-term preservation -
Part 1: Use of PDF (PDF/A)
 This Committee Draft is in MS Word. The standard cannot be used without PDF
<http://partners.adobe.com/asn/acrobat/docs/File_Format_Specifications/PDFRe
ference.pdf>  Reference, Third Edition, Version 1.4, which it uses as a
normative reference. Or visit http://www.aiim.org/standards.asp?id=25013 for
the history of the Archive Committee e.g. 
 
PDF/Archive Committee

Scope: Responsible for specifying PDF tags for the archival storage of
electronic documents.

Chairman: Stephen Levenson, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
 
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Member of the Western Australian Governments - Digital Records Working Group
(DRWG).
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related subjects, available for hire.
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