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since ISO 32000-2 there is no proprietary technology included[1] [1] https://www.iso.org/standard/63534.html https://www.iso.org/standard/63534.html
by boshomi 7y ago
since ISO 32000-2 there is no proprietary technology included[1]
[1] https://www.iso.org/standard/63534.html https://www.iso.org/standard/63534.html
- throwaway2048 7y agoNot all PDFs are standards compliant, plenty are filled with acrobat only JS, embedded flash and form filling crap.
- semi-extrinsic 7y agoAs e.g. the fine men and women of Int. J. POC||GTFO have demonstrated, it's possible to embed all sorts of weird and wonderful things in a PDF. I think a format where it's possible to include as much as possible is better. Just look at HTML. Would you rather have it be impossible to extend beyond text, images and stylesheets?
- na85 7y agoI would. The modern web is a rich-get-richer hellscape of surveillance and advertising.
- jimjimjim 7y agohtml can include acrobat only JS and embedded flash and form filling crap.
- icxa 7y agoForm filling is part of the standard, specifically, the process of applying an XFDF to a PDF, which even allows you to do things like present a remote web form and then inject the data into the PDF.