RFC 8118
The application/pdf Media Type, March 2017
- File formats:
- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 3778
- Authors:
- M. Hardy
L. Masinter
D. Markovic
D. Johnson
M. Bailey - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8118
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Abstract
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is an ISO standard (ISO 32000-1:2008) defining a final-form document representation language in use for document exchange, including on the Internet, since 1993. This document provides an overview of the PDF format and updates the media type registration of "application/pdf". It obsoletes RFC 3778.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.