There is an ISO standard for PDF/X. An ISO standard for PDF/A has just been (or will soon be adopted). Message: 8 Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 11:42:21 +0000 From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: Question about PDF manipulation To: cctalk at classiccmp.org <snip> But there is a question of whether conversion to PDF throws important data away, or whether Adobe might suddenly change the tools, or whether they'll carry on getting ever more bloated, or whether PDF's going to be a viable format in ten years time... <snip>