PDF_1_3, PDF Versions 1.0-1.3

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Format Description Properties

Relationship to other formats
Full name	PDF (Portable Document Format), versions 1.0-1.3
Description	PDF (Portable Document Format), developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated, is described by Adobe as a general document representation language. PDF represents formatted, page-oriented documents. These documents may be structured or simple. They may contain text, images, graphics, and other multimedia content, such as video and audio. There is support for annotations, metadata, hypertext links, and bookmarks. Versions through 1.3 are described here together for convenience.
Production phase	In general, a final-state format for delivery to end users.
Subtype of	PDF, Portable Document Format
Has later version	PDF_1_4, PDF, Version 1.4

LC experience or existing holdings	See PDF.
LC preference	See PDF.

Disclosure	See PDF.
Documentation	See PDF. Documentation for version 1.3 is at http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/pdf_reference_archives/PDFReference13.pdf.
Adoption	TBD
Licensing and patents	See PDF.
Transparency	See PDF.
Self-documentation	Metadata capabilities in early versions of PDF are very limited.
External dependencies	See PDF.
Technical protection considerations	See PDF.

Text
Normal rendering	See PDF.
Integrity of document structure	See PDF.
Integrity of layout and display	See PDF.
Support for mathematics, formulae, etc.	See PDF.
Functionality beyond normal rendering	See PDF.

Tag	Value	Note
Filename extension	pdf	See PDF.

General
History	Documentation of PDF version 1.3 was published in July 2000 in association with the release of Acrobat version 4. PDF 1.4 was published in November 2001, and corresponds to Acrobat version 5.

PDF Reference Archives (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference_archive.html). Documentation for versions of PDF prior to the current version. Includes access to errata and supplements.
Adobe Systems Incorporated. PDF Reference, Second Edition, Version 1.3. Addison-Wesley, 2000. ISBN 0-201-61588-6. Also available online as http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/pdf_reference_archives/PDFReference.pdf.

URLs

Portable Document Format (PDF) in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format).
JHOVE PDF-hul Module (http://jhove.sourceforge.net/pdf-hul.html).
The application/pdf Media Type (http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3778.txt).

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