PDF/A

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PDF/A

Summary

PDF/An is a file format family[1]. PDF/A draws 302 Wikipedia views per month (file_format_family category, ranking #10 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • PDF/A's instance of is recorded as file format family[3].
  • PDF/A's based on is recorded as PDF[4].
  • PDF/A's GND ID is recorded as 7592343-9[5].
  • PDF/A's subclass of is recorded as PDF[6].
  • PDF/A's has part is recorded as Portable Document Format/Archive, version 1 Accessible[7].
  • PDF/A's has part is recorded as Portable Document Format/Archive, version 1 Basic[8].
  • PDF/A's has part is recorded as Portable Document Format/Archive, version 2 Accessible[9].
  • PDF/A's has part is recorded as Portable Document Format/Archive, version 2 Basic[10].
  • PDF/A's has part is recorded as Portable Document Format/Archive, version 2 Unicode[11].
  • PDF/A's has part is recorded as Portable Document Format/Archive, version 3 Accessible[12].
  • PDF/A's has part is recorded as Portable Document Format/Archive, version 3 Basic[13].
  • PDF/A's has part is recorded as Portable Document Format/Archive, version 3 Unicode[14].
  • PDF/A's has part is recorded as Portable Document Format/Archive, version 4[15].
  • PDF/A's has part is recorded as Portable Document Format/Archive, version 4e[16].
  • PDF/A's has part is recorded as Portable Document Format/Archive, version 4f[17].
  • PDF/A's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bmybs[18].
  • PDF/A's Library of Congress Format Description Document ID is recorded as fdd000318[19].
  • PDF/A's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777800973[20].
  • PDF/A's NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID is recorded as NF00370[21].
  • PDF/A's ONIX codelist ID is recorded as 175/E108[22].

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Designation and Status

PDF/A's instance of is recorded as file format family[3].

Why It Matters

PDF/A draws 302 Wikipedia views per month (file_format_family category, ranking #10 of 57).[2] PDF/A has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] PDF/An is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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