[Asis-standards] more ISO ballots

[Baden Hughes]

Mark


2) ISO/CD 24517-2.4, Document management — Engineering document format
> using PDF — Part 2: Use of ISO 32000-2 including support for long-term
> preservation
>
> This is Part 2 of a multi-part standard that defines a file format for the
> exchange of engineering documents based on the PDF format for various
> communities working with engineering documentation. This part of ISO 24517
> introduces the new “Encrypted Document” conformance level, otherwise
> referred to as PDF/E-2s. PDF/E-2 documents are not permitted to be
> encrypted in order to enable proper archiving. This part of ISO 24517
> extends the capabilities of Part 1. It is based on PDF version 2.0 (as
> defined in ISO 32000-2) rather than PDF version 1.6 (which is used as the
> basis of Part 1).
>
> Note we can only provide comments on this since TC46/SC11 is a liaison so
> we can not actually vote
>
> I have attached the relevant documents to this note - comments needed by
> March 25


Three main comments here:

1) The idea that a specialist community extends a core standard to better
suit their domain requirements as engineering are doing here with reference
to the use of PDF specifically for engineering documentation is well
established, and is definitely the kind of thing that NISO and other
standards bodies should encourage (the alternative is less interoperable
domain specific standards).

2) The extensions seem - from my rudimentary understanding of engineering
documentation practices - sensible and provide greater grounding for this
community.

3) From a records keeping and digital preservation standpoint obviously
there are concerns that encryption is applied sparingly to electronic
materials, otherwise long term access and usability is in question. While
the standard allows that PDF/E2 documents are not encrypted, my specific
concerns are whether or not this default will be applied by software tool
developers. I know that's not something that the standard can deal with,
but its very relevant to the broader information management context.

Baden
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