What is ISO 21757-1— ECMAScript for PDF about?
ISO 21757-1 is the first part of an international multi-series standard that covers the specification for document management.
ISO 21757-1 defines a set of ECMAScript object types for automating and interacting with PDF documents and the contents of such documents.
ISO 21757-1 specifies the technicalities for ECMAScript for PDF such as terms, definitions, notation, syntax, path, safe path, privileged context, privileged versus non-privileged context, ECMAScript API, ECMAScript 3D API, object overview, etc.
Who is ISO 21757-1— ECMAScript for PDF for?
ISO 21757-1 on ECMAScript for PDF is useful for:
- Cartography
- Companies who use visualization of computer simulations
- Drafting and computer design companies
- Books publications industries
- Moviemakers
Why should you use ISO 21757-1— ECMAScript for PDF?
The goal is to enable the implementation of ECMAScript processors within a broad range of PDF Processors to provide interoperable scripting and automation of PDF documents.
ISO 21757-1 specifies a set of ECMAScript object types that define the properties and methods that can be used in ECMAScript scripts embedded in PDF documents to automate and interact with the containing PDF document and the PDF objects within such files.
This functionality includes the following features, among others:
- Processing forms within the document
- Batch processing collections of PDF documents
- Developing and maintaining online collaboration schemes
- Communicating with local databases
