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Name PDF Portfolio
Version 1.7
Other names  
Identifiers PUID:  fmt/1451
Family  
Classification Aggregate
Disclosure  
Description PDF Portfolio files are PDFs using a feature added to the PDF specification in version 1.7 called "Collections". Collections offer a way to embed file attachments that are related in structure or content, as well as information that a reader application should use to determine how to present these files. A simple metadata schema can also be defined for the collection, allowing metadata to be provided for each item in the collection. Additionally, folder structure can be provided for the collection items, allowing reader applications to present the attachments with a tree-view. This makes the PDF Portfolio a convenient format to export mailboxes as mail folder structure can be preserved, along with standard email metadata such as "To", "From" and "Subject" fields. PDF Portfolio files can specify a "default view", which is a file in the collection that a reader application should display when opening the Portfolio.
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Byte order  
Related file formats Has priority over Acrobat PDF 1.7 - Portable Document Format (1.7)
Technical Environment  
Released  
Supported until  
Format Risk  
Developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Supported by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Source Preservica / Preservica
Source date 16 Oct 2021
Source description 04/2024 (v.118)-Signature modified to no longer search for '<</Cl<<' block. Submitted by the Archeological Data Service and Preservica.
Last updated 22 Apr 2024
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