ISO 32000 standardizes the PDF (Portable Document Format)
A file saved/exported in Standard format can be viewed on Standard media players, whereas files still in project form cannot.
It is standard Pro/Engineer drawing format.
Publish or Finish the Movie will convert the project file into Standard Viewing Format.
A standard file format is one that is at least one of: ISO (International Standards Organization) certified, widely accepted as a de facto standard on the web, created by an industry consortium, or was created as a publicly usable format.
The file format does not perform any actions, it just exists. The rick text format (RTF) is a file format most likely to be compatible with the largest number of word processing programs. It is a standard word processing file format that is as close as it gets to a universal format for word processors.
The very first file extension might have been the .txt or standard text file.
BMP
ShockWaveFlash later it became Small Web Format
au is most fundamental...
WAVE or WAV is short for Waveform Audio File Format. It is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs.
Standard file formats can display content in a multitude of platforms. They are more versatile and portable than a proprietary file format. For example a .pdf file format can have robust interactive content and be viewed in a variety of software applications such as Adobe Indesign or Illustrator yet can be visible on the web.
Publish or Finish the Movie will convert the project file into Standard Viewing Format.