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Thanks,
Bob

First, let's differentiate between PDF/X-4:2008 and PDF/X-4:2010. In terms of the ISO standards, PDF/X-4:2010 replaces (not supplements) the PDF/X-4:2008 standard. The PDF/X-4:2010 standard loosens some restrictions on how one can express layers in PDF/X-4 and allows layers to be expressed the same way they are in InDesign documents (and for that matter, Illustrator files). There were also some clarifications and corrections applied to the actual text of the standard. There are no physical differences in how PDF/X-4:2008 and how PDF/X-4:2010 files are “marked.” And the good news is that all valid PDF/X-4:2008 files are valid PDF/X-4:2010 files. However, vice versa is not true! This isn't a problem since there is no such thing as PDF/X-4:2008 in terms of the ISO standard.
In terms of what you see in InDesign 7.5, all PDF/X-4 files, despite what the joboptions claim, are actually PDF/X-4:2010 and will allow for layers. InDesign no longer restricts the PDF to PDF 1.4 (again, regardless of what the joboptions say), and allows for JPEG2000 image compression and automatically applies much higher compression to the non-image sections of the PDF file. In the next major release of InDesign, I think you'll see that the joboptions are properly labelled in terms of PDF/X-4:2010 support and there won't be PDF/X-4:2008 joboptions at all.
Secondly, the relationship of PDF/X-5:2010 to PDF/X-5:2008 is exactly the same as PDF/X-4:2010 to PDF/X-5:2008. The PDF/X-5:2010 standard totally replaces the PDF/X-5:2008 standard and provides the same “upgrades” and PDF/X-4:2010 provides for PDF/X-4:2008.
However, I know of no way that you can directly export PDF/X-5 files from InDesign. The PDF/X-5:2010 support is only for the SDK to allow creation of PDF/VT-2 files.
Third, per my original response, the PDF/VT support (both PDF/VT-1 - fully self-contained PDF/VT - and PDF/VT-2 - using PDF/X-5 for external PDF objects known as Reference XObjects) is only available in the SDK.
And finally, in terms of marketing bullet points, I'm just a dumb engineer here and not even part of the InDesign organization. But yes, they don't tell the whole story. I don't think they intentionally wrote this one to mislead, but most likely, those who wrote the marketing collateral probably didn't quite understand any of this at all.
Note that for Illustrator and Photoshop in CS5, the PDF/X-4 that is output has not changed, i.e. it is restricted to the features of PDF/X-4:2008. Hopefully this will be fixed for the next full versions of those programs (i.e., not a commitment). Also note that Acrobat X Pro fully supports PDF/X-4:2010 and PDF/X-5:2010. The preflight support in Acrobat 9 Pro will fail any PDF/X-4:2010 file that has layers per the relaxed rules of PDF/X-4:2010.
All versions of RIPs and printers from our OEM partners using the Adobe PDF Print Engine should be capable of supporting PDF/X-4:2010 and PDF/X-5:2010 (assuming that the OEM has enabled PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 support). Full support for PDF/VT-1 and PDF/VT-2 which are based on PDF/X-4:2010 and PDF/X-5:2010 is available via the Adobe PDF Print Engine 2.5 now beginning to appear in our OEMs' products.
Clear as mud now?
- Dov

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