The Camelot Project Memo

John Warnock publishes his internal memo outlining the vision for a universal electronic document format, independent of application, operating system, or hardware.

Significance

This memo served as the foundational blueprint for the Portable Document Format (PDF) and the Adobe Acrobat suite, articulating the core problem and proposed solution.

Key facts

Date
1991-07-01
Type
invention
Location
San Jose, California (Adobe Systems)