ISO Sets PDF as Default
July 3rd, 2008 by Justin Ryan
If you've been looking for an open and standard format for exchanging documents, search no more, as yesterday brought the official ISO approval of Adobe's Portable Document Format as an international standard.
Adobe first submitted the format for approval as an international standard in February 2007. Long before that, however, it had become a de facto standard for the exchange of documents, particularly in business. As a standard — designated ISO 32000-1 — it is now open to anyone who wants to develop applications to create, read, and manipulate PDF files. It will also see wider adoption in popular software packages, including the industry-leading Office suite.
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I think I am happy
On July 3rd, 2008 Anonymous (not verified) says:
Just thinking out loud, with no implied logical connection between the ideas:
- Anything that becomes "open" and freely usable by Humankind is good. Almost anything, anyway.
- Standards are/should be just sets of rules. No "originality" required, not rocket science, just common sense. No reason to keep them proprietary. Hey, wait, standards are *not* proprietary, by definition... right?
- I wish I was a fly in Steve Ballmer's office, now...