Mars is the code name for technology being developed by Adobe that provides an Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based representation of Portable Document Format (PDF) documents
Adobe Acrobat 9 integrates Flash into PDFs. "Recipients use Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 software to consume content. With this move, static documents become dynamic communications, Adobe said."
The Mars Project is an XML-friendly representation for PDF documents. Allows consumption & assembly of documents via XML tech. Page provides docs and a plugin for Acrobat Reader 8.1+ to consume.
Great summary of what Adobe is doing to bring together a focus on document collaboration, an attention to design, and the power of Flash for building rich internet applications.
Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer and printer, with incredible small size (only 2.55 M download size), breezing-fast launch speed and rich feature set. Foxit Reader supports Windows Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista. Its core function is compatible with PDF
...an XML-friendly representation for PDF documents... The Mars file format incorporates industry standards such as SVG, PNG, JPG, JPG2000, OpenType, Xpath and XML into ZIP-based document container.
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"The form workflow is like this: Design and insert fields in OpenOffice Draw, export as a PDF, test and then revise in Draw. Unfortunately, you cannot add JavaScript (at least as far as I can tell) in Draw."