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PDF is a file format family.

PDF

Summary

PDF is a file format family[1]. PDF ranks in the top 2% of file_format_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,299 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • PDF's instance of is recorded as file format family[3].
  • PDF's instance of is recorded as file format[4].
  • PDF's instance of is recorded as e-book file format[5].
  • PDF's instance of is recorded as electronic document[6].
  • PDF's based on is recorded as Q218170[7].
  • PDF's developer is recorded as Adobe[8].
  • PDF is a type of document file format[9].
  • PDF is a type of metafile[10].
  • PDF's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[11].
  • PDF is used for fixed-layout document[12].
  • PDF's Commons category is recorded as Portable Document Format[13].
  • PDF comprises Portable Document Format, version 1.0[14].
  • PDF comprises Portable Document Format, version 1.1[15].
  • PDF comprises Portable Document Format, version 1.2[16].
  • PDF comprises Portable Document Format, version 1.3[17].
  • PDF comprises Portable Document Format, version 1.4[18].
  • PDF comprises Portable Document Format, version 1.5[19].
  • PDF comprises Portable Document Format, version 1.6[20].
  • PDF comprises Portable Document Format, version 1.7[21].
  • PDF comprises Portable Document Format, version 2.0[22].
  • PDF comprises PDF Portfolio file format[23].
  • PDF was released on June 1993[24].
  • PDF's official website is recorded as https://www.iso.org/standard/75839.html[25].
  • PDF's official website is recorded as http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html[26].
  • PDF's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Portable Document Format[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format family[3], file format[4], e-book file format[5], and electronic document[6].

Why It Matters

PDF ranks in the top 2% of file_format_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,299 views/month).[2] PDF has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] PDF is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . pdfa.org. pdfa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → PDF
    Based on → Q218170
    Media type → application/pdf, application/x-pdf, application/x-bzpdf +1
    Developer → Adobe
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12371, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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