1 范围¶
Document management — Portable document format —
Part 1:
PDF 1.7
IMPORTANT — The electronic file of this document contains colours which are considered to be useful for the correct understanding of the document. Users should therefore consider printing this document using a colour printer.
这项国际标准规定了一种数字形式，用于表示电子文档，使用户能够在独立于创建环境或查看打印环境的情况下交换和查看电子文档。它适用于开发创建PDF文件的软件（符合规范的写入器）、读取现有PDF文件并解释其内容以供显示和交互的软件（符合规范的阅读器）以及用于各种其他目的读取和/或写入PDF文件的PDF产品（符合规范的产品）。
本标准未规定以下内容：
- 将纸质或电子文档转换为PDF格式的特定过程；
- 渲染的具体技术设计、用户界面或实现或操作细节；
- 存储这些文档的特定物理方法，如媒体和存储条件；
- 验证PDF文件或阅读器符合性的方法；
- 所需的计算机硬件和/或操作系统。
This International Standard 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 the developer of software that creates PDF files (conforming writers), software that reads existing PDF files and interprets their contents for display and interaction (conforming readers) and PDF products that read and/or write PDF files for a variety of other purposes (conforming products).
This standard does not specify the following:
- specific processes for converting paper or electronic documents to the PDF format;
- specific technical design, user interface or 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 readers;
- required computer hardware and/or operating system.