The application/pdf Media Type

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 12
Abstract: The Portable Document Format (PDF) is an ISO standard (ISO 32000-1:2008) defining a final-form document representation language in use for document exchange, including on the Internet, since 1993. This document provides an overview of the PDF format and updates the media type registration of "application/pdf". It obsoletes RFC 3778.
Publication Date: 2017-03-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC8118
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8118
Author(s): Matthew Hardy
Larry M Masinter
Dejan Markovic
Duff Johnson
Martin Bailey
Keyword(s): PDF, Media Type

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Normative Reference(s)

ISO.32000-1.2008 — ISOPDF EXTERNAL
ISO.32000-2.2017 — ISOPDF2 EXTERNAL

Bibliographic Reference(s)

ISO.14289-1.2014 — ISOPDFUA EXTERNAL
ISO.15930-8.2008 — ISOPDFX EXTERNAL
ISO.16612-2.2010 — ISOPDFVT EXTERNAL
ISO.16684-1 — XMP EXTERNAL
ISO.19005-3.2012 — ISOPDFA EXTERNAL
ISO.24517-1.2008 — ISOPDFE EXTERNAL
Adobe Systems Incorporated, "PostScript Language Reference, third edition", 1999, < https://www.adobe.com/products/postscript/pdfs/PLRM.pdf >. EXTERNAL
Adobe Systems Incorporated, "PDF Reference, sixth edition", 2006, < http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/ pdfs/pdf_reference_1-7.pdf >. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 3778 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3986 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 6838 [Active*]

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