By standardizing on Portable Document Format (PDF) for publishing ETDs, universities, institutions, and business can maintain searchable archiving systems where students can easily locate previous research. A PDF standard, based on a publicly available and recognized archiving specification, provides students with greater opportunities for their research to be recognized by other scholars.
PDF is also the basis for PDF/A, a proposed archiving standard that defines a subset of existing PDF capabilities that have been identified over time as the best practices for archiving electronic documents.
With advanced PDF creation, review, commenting, security, and archiving capabilities, Adobe Acrobat is the most powerful software for creating searchable, universally available ETDs. Using Acrobat as a foundation for PDF-based ETD creation and archiving, you can:
- Heighten global awareness of key research.
- Expand capabilities in creating theses and dissertations.
- Protect the value of your technology investments.
With Acrobat and PDF as core components of your ETD archiving solution, you can help ensure that student research will be broadly available today — and for years to come.
View a program brochure to learn more about the Adobe ETD Initiative (PDF: 215k).
