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PDF/A

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PDF/A

Summary

PDF/An is a file format family[1]. PDF/A draws 1,060 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/An is a type of PDF[5].
  • PDF/A comprises Portable Document Format/Archive, version 1 Accessible[6].
  • PDF/A comprises Portable Document Format/Archive, version 1 Basic[7].
  • PDF/A comprises Portable Document Format/Archive, version 2 Accessible[8].
  • PDF/A comprises Portable Document Format/Archive, version 2 Basic[9].
  • PDF/A comprises Portable Document Format/Archive, version 2 Unicode[10].
  • PDF/A comprises Portable Document Format/Archive, version 3 Accessible[11].
  • PDF/A comprises Portable Document Format/Archive, version 3 Basic[12].
  • PDF/A comprises Portable Document Format/Archive, version 3 Unicode[13].
  • PDF/A comprises Portable Document Format/Archive, version 4[14].
  • PDF/A comprises Portable Document Format/Archive, version 4e[15].
  • PDF/A comprises Portable Document Format/Archive, version 4f[16].

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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 1,060 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.[17] PDF/An is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

PDFCreator

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Nemoralis · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Media type → application/pdf
    Has parts → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → PDF
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1163]]: application/pdf"
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