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)