[Eug-lug] pdf vs png, etc. whats the best format for document archiving under Linux?

[Hans Kuhn]

On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Brian Gallagher wrote:

:    I am looking to archive my documents under Linux and I am uncomfortable
:    about pdf as an open standard.  What is the consensus of this group?

Brian,

If you're looking for data points, the Internet Engineering 
Task Force (ietf.org) uses PDF and ASCII.

PDF is not really that special as it is just postscript with 
some extensions. Here's one author's thoughts on PDF for 
scientific publishing:

  http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/publ-tips/#pdf

I would be comfortable with PDF despite it's origins as an 
Adobe product which would normally make me quite nervous.

Hans