This part specifies how to use the Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.4 for long-term preservation of electronic documents. This part applies to electronic documents containing character, raster and vector data. This part does not apply to: --- the specific process of converting paper or electronic documents into PDF/A format; --- specific technical design, user interface, software implementation or presentation details; --- specific physical methods of document storage such as storage media and storage conditions; --- requirements for computer hardware and/or operating systems. GB/T 23286.1-2009 Document management Long-term preservation of electronic document file format Part 1: Use of PDF1.4 (PDF/A-1) GB/T23286.1-2009 Standard download decompression password: www.bzxz.net
This part specifies how to use the Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.4 for long-term preservation of electronic documents. This part applies to electronic documents containing character, raster and vector data. This part does not apply to: ---Specific process of converting paper or electronic documents into PDF/A format; ---Specific technical design, user interface, software implementation or presentation details; ---Specific physical methods of document storage such as storage media and storage conditions; ---Requirements for computer hardware and/or operating systems.
GB/T 23286 "Electronic document file format for long-term preservation of document management" is planned to be divided into two parts:
--- Part 1: Use of PDF1.4 (PDF/A-1);
--- Part 2: PDF1.7 (PDF/A-2).
This part is the first part of GB/T 23286 "Electronic document file format for long-term preservation of document management".
This part is equivalent to the technical content of ISO19005-1:2005 "Document management long-term preservation electronic document file format Part 1: Use of PDF1.4 (PDF/A-1)" (English version), and includes the content of the technical corrigendum ISO19005-1:2005/Cor.1 issued by ISO on April 1, 2007.
This part makes editorial changes to ISO19005-1:2005, deletes the introduction, and adds informative Appendix C.
Appendices A, B and C of this part are all informative appendices.
This part was proposed and coordinated by the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Document Imaging Technology (SAC/TC86).
This part was drafted by the Fifth Subcommittee of the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Document Imaging Technology.
The main drafters of this part: Xue Sixin and Li Mingjing.
The clauses in the following documents become the clauses of this part through reference in this part of GB/T 23286. For all referenced documents with dates, all subsequent amendments (excluding errata) or revisions are not applicable to this part. However, parties to agreements based on this part are encouraged to study whether the latest versions of these documents can be used. For all undated referenced documents, the latest versions are applicable to this part.
GB/T1988-1998 Information technology Seven-bit coded character set for information interchange (eqvISO/IEC646:1991)
GB/T16964.1-1997 Information technology Font information exchange Part 1: Architecture (eqvISO/IEC9541-1:1991)
GB/T13000.1-1993 Information technology Universal multiple-octet coded character set (UCS) Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Planes (ISO/IEC10646-1:1993, IDT)
ISO14721 Spatial data and information transfer system Open Archival Information System (OAIS) reference model
ISO159304 Graphics technology Prepress digital data exchange using PDF Part 4: CMYK using PDF1.4 (PDF/X-1a) Complete Interchange of Spot Color Printing Data
Date and Time Format, W3C Memorandum, September 15, 1997, Available for download from
PDF Reference Errata, Third Edition, June 18, 2003, Available for download from
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition), W3C Recommendation, February 4, 2004, Available for download from
ICC.1:1998-09 Color Profile File Format, International Color Consortium, Available for download from
ICC.1A:1999-04, ICC.1:1998-09 Specification Addendum 2, International Color Consortium, Available for download from
PDF Reference: Adobe Portable Document Format, Version 1.4, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Third Edition (ISBN 0-201-75839-3). This standard will be referred to as "PDF Reference" for short. It can be downloaded from www.pdffactory.com
Foreword III
1 Scope 1
2 Normative references 1
3 Terms and definitions 2
4 Notes on symbols 4
5 Conformance levels 4
5.1 Overview 4
5.2 Level A conformance 4
5.3 Level B conformance 4
5.4 Conforming readers 4
6 Technical requirements 5
6.1 File structure 5 6.2
Graphics 6
6.3 Fonts 8
6.4 Transparency 9
6.5 Comments 9
6.6 Document operations 10
6.7 Metadata 10
6.8 Logical Structure 15
6.9 Interactive Forms 16
Appendix A (Informative Appendix) Summary of PDF/A1 Conformance 17
Appendix B (Informative Appendix) Best Practices for Using PDF/A 21
Appendix C (Informative Appendix) Chinese-English Glossary 22
References 25

ICS37.080
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
GB/T 23286.12009/ISO 19005-1;2005Document management--Electronic document file format for long-term preservation--Part 1: Use of PDF1. 4(PDF/A-1)(ISO 19005-1:2005, IDT)
Released on March 13, 2009
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China Administration of Standardization of the People's Republic of China
Implementation on September 1, 2009
Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
Explanation of symbols
Conformance level
5.2 Level A - Conformance
5.3 Level B conformance
5.4 Readers that conform to the standard
6 Technical requirements
File structure
6.3 Fonts
6.5 Comments
6.6 Document operations:
6.7. Metadata…bzxz.net
6.8 Logical structure
6.9 Interactive forms
Appendix A (Informative Appendix) PDF/A-1--Consistency summary Appendix 13 (Informative Appendix) Best practices for using PDF/A Appendix C (Informative Appendix) Chinese-English vocabulary comparison References
GB/T 23286.1—2009/IS0 19005-1:200510
GB/T23286.1—2009/IS019005-1:2005GB/T23286 "Electronic document file format for long-term preservation of document management" is planned to be divided into two parts: Part 1: Use of PDF1. 4 (PDF/A-1); Part 2: PDF1.7 (PDF/A-2)
This part is Part 1 of GB/T23286 "Electronic document file format for long-term preservation of document management". This part is equivalent to the technical content of IS0 19005-1:2005 "Document management long-term preservation electronic document file format Part 1; Use of PLDF1,4 (PDF/A-1)" (English version), and includes the content of Technical Corrigendum 1S0 19005-1:2005/Cor.1 issued by ISO on April 1, 2007. This part makes editorial changes to ISO19005-1:2005, deletes the introduction, and adds informative Appendix C. Appendices A, B and C of this part are all informative appendices. This part was proposed and coordinated by the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Document Imaging Technology (SAC/TC86). This part was drafted by the Fifth Subcommittee of the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Document Imaging Technology. The main drafters of this part are Xue Sixin and Li Mingjing. m
1 Scope
Document management
GB/T 23286.1—2009/ISO 19005-1:2005 File formats for long-term preservation of electronic documents
Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1) This part specifies how to use the Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.4 for long-term preservation of electronic documents. This part applies to electronic documents containing character, graphic and vector data. This part does not apply to:
Specific processes for converting paper or electronic documents into PDF/A format; specific technical design, user interface, software implementation or presentation details; specific physical methods for document storage such as storage media and storage conditions; requirements for computer hardware and/or operating systems. 2 Normative references
The following documents contain clauses that become clauses of this part through reference in this part of GB/T 23286. For any dated referenced document, all subsequent amendments (excluding errata) or revisions are not applicable to this part; however, parties to agreements based on this part are encouraged to investigate whether the latest versions of these documents can be used. For any undated referenced document, the latest version applies to this part.
GB/T1988—1998 Information technology - Seven-bit coded character set for information interchange (e4YJS0/JEC646:1991) GB/T16964.1-1997 Information technology - Model information interchange - Part I: Architecture (eqvISO/IEC9541-1:1991)
GB/T13000.1—1993 Information technology - Universal multiple-octet coded character set (UCS) - Part I: Architecture and basic multilingual plane (ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993, JDT) JSO14721 Spatial Data and Information Transfer Systems Open Archive Information System (OAIS) Reference Model ISO159304 Graphics Technology Prepress Digital Data Exchange Using PDF, Part 4: Complete Interchange of CMYK and Spot Color Print Data Using PDF1.4 (PDF/X-1a) Date and Time Format, W3C Memorandum, September 15, 1997, available for download from (http://w3.ofg/TR/NOTE-datetitne>
PDF Reference Error Table, Third Edition, June 18, 2003 , Available for download from (http://pattriers.adobe.com/asn/acrobat/docs/PDF14errata.txt)
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition), W3C Recommendation, February 4, 2004, Available from (h1tp://w30rg/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040201)F ICC.1:1998-09 Color Profile File Format, International Color Consortium, Available from
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