Preface
This specification is a reference for XML Forms Architecture (XFA). It is intended for use in developing
applications that create XFA templates (which represent forms awaiting fill-in) and applications that
process XFA forms. Such XFA processing applications may be simple stand-alone form-fill in applications,
or they may be a set of client-server applications that work together to fill-in and process a form.
Intellectual Property
The general idea of using templates and processing rules to build interactive forms is in the public domain.
Anyone is free to devise templates using unique structures and apply customized processing rules to
them. However, Adobe Systems Incorporated owns the copyright for the particular template-based
grammar and processing rules constituting the
XFA Specification,
the written specification for the Adobe
XML Architecture. Thus, these elements of the
XFA Specification
and Adobe XML Architecture may not be
copied without Adobe's permission.
Adobe will enforce its copyrights Adobe’s intention is to maintain the integrity of the Adobe XML
Architecture standard. This enables the public to distinguish between the Adobe XML Architecture and
other interchange formats for electronic documents, transactions and information. However, Adobe
desires to promote the use of the Adobe XML Architecture for form-related interactions among diverse
products and applications. Accordingly, Adobe gives anyone copyright permission to use the Adobe XML
Architecture, subject to the conditions stated below, to:
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Prepare files whose content conforms to the Adobe XML Architecture
Write drivers and applications that produce output represented in the Adobe XML Architecture
Write software that accepts input in the form of the Adobe XML Architecture specifications and
displays, prints, or otherwise interprets the contents
Copy Adobe’s copyrighted grammar, as well as the example code to the extent necessary to use the
Adobe XML Architecture for the purposes above
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The condition of such intellectual property usage is:
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Anyone who uses the copyrighted grammar, as stated above, must include the appropriate copyright
notice.
This limited right to use the example code in this document does not include the right to use other
intellectual property from Adobe, or the software in any of Adobe’s products that use the Adobe XML
Architecture, in whole or in part, nor does it include the right to use any Adobe patents, except as may be
permitted by an official Adobe Patent Clarification Notice (see
[Adobe-Patent-Notice]
Adobe, the Adobe logo, and Acrobat are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems
Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Nothing in this document is intended to grant
you any right to use these trademarks for any purpose.
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