BS ISO 19005-2:2011 BSl Standards Publication Document management - Electronic document file format for long-term preservation Part 2: Use of ISO 32000-1 (PDF/A-2) bsi. ..making excellence a habit: BS ISO 19005-2:2011 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of IS0 19005-2:2011. The UKparticipation in itspreparation was entrustedto Technical Committee IDT/1/2, Document Management Applications -Applications issues. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. @BSI2011 ISBN9780580574368 ICS 35.240.30; 37.100.99 Compliance witha British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 July 2011. Amendments issued since publication Date Text affected BS ISO 19005-2:2011 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 19005-2 First edition 2011-07-01 Document management Electronic document file format for long-term preservation- Part 2: Use of ISO 32000-1 (PDF/A-2) GestiondedocumentsFormatdefichierdesdocuments électroniquespouruneconservationalongterme Partie 2: Utilisation de ISO 32000-1 (PDF/A-2) Reference number ISO 19005-2:2011(E) @ISO 2011 BS ISO 19005-2:2011 ISO19005-2:2011(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ? ISO2011 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either Iso at the address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ ISO 2011 - All rights reserved BSISO19005-2:2011 ISO19005-2:2011(E) Contents Page Foreword. iv Introduction. 1 Scope, 2 Normative references... 3 Terms and definitions. 4 Notation.. 5 Conformance levels .. 5.1 General ....... 5.2 LevelAconformance 5.3 Level B conformance ... 5.4 Level U conformance.. 5.5 Conforming readers. 6 Technical requirements.. 6.1 File structure. 6.2 Graphics 6.3 Annotations 6.4 Interactive forms.. 6.5 Action..... 19 6.6 Metadata, 20 6.7 Logical structure 25 6.8 Embedded files... 27 6.9 Optional content... 6.10 Useofalternatepresentationsandtransitions.. 28 6.11 Document requirements... 28 Annex A (normative)Method for determining transparency on a page.. 29 Annex B (normative)Requirements fordigital signatures in PDF/A... AnnexC (informative)BestpracticesforPDF/A.. .32 AnnexD (informative)Incorporation of XFA datasets into a PDF/A-2 conforming file. ..34 Bibliography... @ ISO 2011 - All rights reserved ili BSISO19005-2:2011 ISO 19005-2:2011(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IsO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been non-governmental, in liaison with isO,also take part in the work. so collaborates closely with the InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least75%ofthe memberbodies casting avote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Iso 19005-2 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/