British Standards Institution

Source:: ISO
Committee:: IDT/1 - Document Management Applications
Categories:: Information management | Vocabularies | Generalities. Terminology. Standardization. Documentation. | Standardization. General rules | ICT | Information technology | Information technology. General | Information technology applications | IT applications. Information, documentation and publishing

Scope

This document specifies how to use the Portable Document Format (PDF) ISO 32000-2:2020 to construct accessible digital documents using PDF technology, and specifies requirements for consuming applications and assistive technology in conformity with this document.

This International Standard does not specify:

- Processes for converting paper or electronic documents to the PDF/UA format

- Technical design, user interface, implementation, or operational details of presentation

- Physical methods of storing these documents such as media and storage conditions

- Required computer hardware and/or operating systems

- Provisions specific to content (beyond programmatic access and textual representation)

- Provisions applying to specific classes (e.g. invoices, reports, etc.) of documents

Purpose

The accessibility of a document is dependent on the inclusion of a variety of semantic information such as (but not limited to) machine-recoverable text presented in a declared language with full semantics and logical structure. Required information includes a variety of semantic and descriptive metadata, such as alternative text for images. The primary purpose of ISO 14289, commonly known as PDF/UA, is to define requirements for accessible digital documents using the PDF format.

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Standard timeline

1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

03/08/2020

Proposal end date:

23/09/2020

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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Standards Development

ISO/TC 171/SC 2 N 1436, ISO/NP 14289-2 Document management applications - Electronic document file format enhancement for accessibility - Part 2: Part 2: Use of ISO 32000-2 (PDF/UA-2)

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