A format design case study: PDF

Authors:
James C. King
Affiliations:
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA
Venue:
Proceedings of the fifteenth ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia
Year:
2004

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Abstract

We explain how the Portable Document Format was designed based upon some specific design criteria that were developed to make an advance beyond previous technology. The environmental variables (computing power, business climate) that affected the design are also discussed.