PDF Format for RFCs
RFC 7995
Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(December 2016; No errata)
Was draft-iab-rfc-use-of-pdf (iab)
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Authors | Tony Hansen , Larry Masinter , Matthew Hardy | ||
Last updated | 2016-12-16 | ||
Replaces | draft-hansen-rfc-use-of-pdf | ||
Stream | IAB | ||
Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
Stream | IAB state | Published RFC | |
Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
RFC Editor Note | (None) |
Internet Architecture Board (IAB) T. Hansen, Ed. Request for Comments: 7995 AT&T Laboratories Category: Informational L. Masinter ISSN: 2070-1721 M. Hardy Adobe December 2016 PDF Format for RFCs Abstract This document discusses options and requirements for the PDF rendering of RFCs in the RFC Series, as outlined in RFC 6949. It also discusses the use of PDF for Internet-Drafts, and available or needed software tools for producing and working with PDF. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and represents information that the IAB has deemed valuable to provide for permanent record. It represents the consensus of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). Documents approved for publication by the IAB are not a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7995. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2016 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Hansen, et al. Informational [Page 1] RFC 7995 PDF for RFCs December 2016 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................3 2. Choosing PDF Versions and Standards .............................3 3. Options and Requirements for PDF RFCs ...........................4 3.1. "Visible" Requirements .....................................5 3.1.1. General Visible Requirements ........................5 3.1.2. Page Size and Margins ...............................5 3.1.3. Headers and Footers .................................5 3.1.4. Paragraph Numbering .................................6 3.1.5. Paged Content Layout ................................6 3.1.6. Typeface Choices ....................................7 3.1.7. Hyphenation and Line Breaks .........................8 3.1.8. Hyperlinks ..........................................8 3.1.9. Similarity to Other Outputs .........................9 3.2. "Invisible" Options and Requirements ......................10 3.2.1. Internal Text Representation .......................10 3.2.2. Unicode Support ....................................11 3.2.3. Image Processing (Artwork) .........................12 3.2.4. Text Description of Images (Alt-Text) ..............12 3.2.5. Metadata Support ...................................12 3.2.6. Document Structure Support .........................13 3.2.7. Embedded Files .....................................13 3.3. Digital Signatures ........................................14 4. Security Considerations ........................................15 5. References .....................................................16 5.1. Normative References ......................................16 5.2. Informative References ....................................17 Appendix A. History and Current Use of PDF with RFCs and Internet-Drafts .......................................18 A.1. RFCs .......................................................18 A.2. Internet-Drafts ............................................18 Appendix B. Paged Content Layout Quality ..........................18 Appendix C. Tooling ...............................................19 C.1. PDF Viewers ................................................19 C.2. Printers ...................................................19 C.3. PDF Generation Libraries ...................................20 C.4. Typefaces ..................................................20 C.5. Other Tools ................................................20 IAB Members at the Time of Approval ...............................21 Acknowledgements ..................................................21 Authors' Addresses ................................................22Show full document text