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That is the same terminology I use as well -- image-based versus text-based. I find that works most times because people can visually see if something looks like a scanned image. Peter On Apr 28, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Joe Atzberger wrote: > > I would just say image-based or text-based. Sorry if you wanted something > more hifalutin. > > There is another level of granularity though, inasmuch as you can publish a > text-based PDF that attempts to prevent copy/paste. Like websites with > their javascript hacks, it isn't really secure, it just instructs Acrobat > Reader not to enable that feature. > > --Joe > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:21 PM, don warner saklad <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> What's the descriptive technical terminology information professionals >> use to distinguish the kind of pdf that can't be used with cut paste, >> an image of the page of an article versus the format in pdf where it's >> not an image of a page and can be used with the cut paste >> mechanism?... What is the first example called properly in the >> information technology industry technical terms?... What's the second >> example called in the descriptive technical language? >> -- Peter Murray [log in to unmask] tel:+1-678-235-2955 Ass't Director, Technology Services Development http://dltj.org/about/ Lyrasis -- Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers. The Disruptive Library Technology Jester http://dltj.org/ Attrib-Noncomm-Share http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/