This document specifies a digital form for representing electronic documents to enable users to
exchange and view electronic documents independent of the environment in which they were created
or the environment in which they are viewed or printed. It is intended for developers of software that
creates PDF files (PDF writers), software that reads existing PDF files and (usually) interprets their
contents for display (PDF readers), software that reads and displays PDF content and interacts with
the computer users to possibly modify and save the PDF file (interactive PDF processors) and PDF
products that read and/ or write PDF files for a variety of other purposes (PDF processors). (PDF
writers and PDF readers are more specialised classifications of interactive PDF processors and all are
PDF processors).
This document does not specify the following:
• specific processes for converting paper or electronic documents to the PDF file format
• specific technical design, user interface implementation, or operational details of rendering
• specific physical methods of storing these documents such as media and storage conditions
• methods for validating the conformance of PDF files or PDF processors
• required computer hardware and/ or operating system.

ISO 32000-2:2020(E)
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