The joint activity has resulted, so far, in a draft ISO standard -
ISO/CD 19005-1 - which is currently undergoing further revision for
another ballot. Info can be found on the AIIM website under "Standards"
"Committees".  The press release when the initiative was started in 2002
stated:
"A new joint activity has been initiated between NPES The Association
for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, and
the Association for Information and Image Management, International
(AIIM International) to develop an International standard that defines
the use of the Portable Document Format (PDF) for archiving and
preserving documents. The project, currently referred to as PDF/A, will
address the growing need to electronically archive documents in a way
that will ensure preservation of their contents over an extended period
of time, and will further ensure that those documents will be able to be
retrieved and rendered with a consistent and predictable result in the
future."

Ginny Jones
(Virginia A. Jones, CRM)
Records Manager
Information Technology Division
Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities
Newport News, VA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of John Annunziello
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:08 AM
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Subject: PDF/ A

I sat in on a presentation from a gentleman at ARMA conference in Long
Beach,  that worked for Adobe.  He suggested that sometime shortly PDF/A
would be available to the general public for usage.  He also suggested
that Adobe would forfeit the rights to it and it may form part of a
standard?  Does anyone know what's happening with this or know where I
can find further info.  A google search didn't bring up much.  Any pro's
or cons would be helpful as well.

Thanks,

John Annunziello

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