A. Bibliography

This appendix contains a list of books, specifications, and presentations for further reading. I’ll keep an updated list on the iText site (http://itextpdf.com/), adding new publications by Adobe or standards bodies such as AIIM, ETSI, and ISO.

A.1. Published by Adobe Systems

For more info, see http://www.adobe.com/.

A.1.1. Specifications (PDF documents)

XML Forms Architecture (XFA) Specification version 3.1. November 16, 2009.

Adobe Supplement to the ISO 32000—BaseVersion: 1.7—ExtensionLevel: 5. June 2009.

Understanding the Differences Between Static and Dynamic PDF Forms. July 2008.

Adobe Supplement to the ISO 32000—BaseVersion: 1.7—ExtensionLevel: 3. June 2008.

JavaScript for Acrobat API Reference. April 2007.

Developing Acrobat Applications Using JavaScript. November 2006.

Digital Signature Appearances. October 2006.

PDF Reference, sixth edition—Adobe Portable Document Format Version 1.7. 2006.

XMP specification. September 2005.

Acrobat 7.0 PDF Open Parameters. July 2005.

Warnock, John. The Camelot Paper. 1991.

A.1.2. Presentations (PDF documents)

Schellemans, Peter. PDF Standards & Digital Signatures (Adobe Benelux Pulse session). 2010.

King, Jim. The Future of PDF and Flash. 2007.

King, Jim. Introduction to the Insides of PDF (IS&T Archiving Conference). 2005.

Cosimini, Gary. Acrobat, the Early Years (keynote, PDF Conference, 2003). 2003.

King, Jim. Introduction to XML—A Little about PDF. 2000.

King, Jim. PDF: A Look Inside. 1998.

A.2. Published by the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM)

For more info, see http://www.aiim.org.

Implementation Guide for the Portable Document Format Healthcare (PDF/H)—Best Practices. 2008.

PDF/UA (Universal Accessibility), Draft Meeting Minutes, October 3, 4, 2005.

A.3. Published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

For more info, see http://portal.etsi.org/.

Electronic Signatures and Infrastructure (ESI): PDF Advanced Electronic Signature Profiles (in 5 parts).

• [TS 102 778-1] Part 1: PAdES Overview—A Framework Document for PAdES
• [TS 102 778-2] Part 2: PAdES Basic—Profile Based on ISO 32000-1
• [TS 102 778-3] Part 3: PAdES Enhanced—PAdES-BES and PAdES-EPES Profiles
• [TS 102 778-4] Part 4: PAdES Long term—PAdES LTV Profile
• [TS 102 778-5] Part 5: PAdES for XML Content—Profiles for XAdES Signatures

A.4. Published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

For more info, see http://www.iso.org/.

ISO 32000-1:2008, Document management—Portable document format—Part 1: PDF 1.7.

ISO 24517-1:2008, Document management—Engineering document format using PDF—Part 1: Use of PDF 1.6 (PDF/E-1).

ISO 19005, Document management—Electronic document file format for long-term preservation—Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1).

ISO 15930-1 to 8, Graphic technology—Prepress digital data exchange (PDF/X-1a:2001, PDF/X-2, PDF/X-3:2002, PDF/X-1a:2003, PDF/X-2, PDF/X-3:2003, PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5).

A.5. Other publications

Snyder, Thomas. Advanced Integrated RPG. Mc Press, 2010. (Discusses IBM Report Program Generator, with three chapters about iText.)

De Caluwe, Rita. Vijftig jaar rekencentrum aan de Universiteit Gent. Academia Press, 2009.

Lowagie, Bruno. iText in Action: Creating and Manipulating PDF. Manning, 2007. (The first edition of this book.)

Steward, Sid. PDF Hacks. O’Reilly Media, 2004. (About PDF in general, with some outdated examples about using iText.)