On 3/17/19 11:12 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
On 3/17/2019 10:51 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
On 3/17/19 10:24 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
[...] Can you find the place in the official (online) pdf reference (specification) where this is explained? I like to work from that spec. [...] But I’m afraid that the explanations will be part of the PDF/A specifications.
so in the end this kind of standardization (whatever purpose it serves) forces dev of free software dev to buy all kind of standards ...
I totally agree with you that this is no solution at all.
i don't like those commercial mix-ups in standards (pdf validation has always been a profitable business so i guess it will stay that way)
Adobe had a great policy allowing anyone to access the specifications for free. But once the PDF Reference became an ISO standard, they lost control over it. The problem here is the standards organization (ISO). [A similar case is the German DIN with their specs.] Those organizations assert copyrights to profit with the publishing of the standards. But that way, they don’t realize (or simply, they don’t care about the fact) that that precise policy hinders a wider adoption of the standards.
(the problem with these things is that it doesn't pay of in terms of fun development)
I wish I could provide a patch with the report, but I’m afraid this is beyond my knowledge 😔. Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk