Because electronic record formats change so rapidly and file formats can only be opened by certain programs, there has been a reluctance to rely on proprietary software programs to archive electronic documents. Although the PDF format was invented by Adobe, the specifications for reading and editing a PDF document are available to third party developers and users do not have to rely on Adobe to open the documents. For this reason, archivists have begun to rely on the PDF/A file format for archiving electronic records. Warnings Writer Bio
