It's a commercial development by Adobe and nothing else as far as I know. Yes PDF is very similar to Flash in that it is a proprietary development by a commercial company.
Cheers, Nigel MIS Web Design http://www.miswebdesign.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jursa, Jan (init) Sent: 29 July 2003 16:51 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: is PDF w3c recommended? hi, pdf is not a w3c standard, is it? is it in any way recommended? is PDF comparable to swf (Flash) on the standard level? thx, jan