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Reporting issues in the PDF 2.0 specification

To support industry uptake of PDF 2.0, the specification’s ISO Project Leaders, working through the PDF Association, have established a public GitHub repository to facilitate the reporting of issues against ISO 32000-2:2020. About the author: As CEO of the PDF Association and as an ISO Project Leader, Duff coordinates industry activities, represents industry stakeholders in a variety […]

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Digitizing permanent records: the case for PDF/A-4

PDF/A-4 is essential to losslessly archiving PDF files that use current-generation PDF 2.0 technology… even including scanned documents. From modern Unicode support to interoperability with other specifications PDF/A-4 is the only way to archive PDF files conforming to PDF 2.0. About the author: As CEO of the PDF Association and as an ISO Project Leader, Duff coordinates […]

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Bottom-up: how standards should be made

Standards development works best when the expert community is open to diverse and dissenting views. The door is already open to the government to listen, participate and propose. If it isn’t broken don’t try to fix it. About the author: As CEO of the PDF Association and as an ISO Project Leader, Duff coordinates industry activities, represents […]

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PDF’s popularity online

According to CommonCrawl’s detected MIME type PDF is the 3rd most popular file-format on the web (behind HTML and XHTML); more popular than JPEG, PNG or GIF files. About the author: As CEO of the PDF Association and as an ISO Project Leader, Duff coordinates industry activities, represents industry stakeholders in a variety of settings and promotes […]

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A shared vision for a better world

On World Standards Day 2021 the PDF Association celebrates PDF’s connection to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). About the author: Peter Wyatt is the PDF Association’s CTO and an independent technology consultant with deep file format and parsing expertise. A developer and researcher working on PDF technologies for more than. Peter Wyatt October 14, […]

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Developments at the PDF Association

The CEO of the PDF Association reflects on the steady expansion of the organization’s mission and the future. About the author: As CEO of the PDF Association and as an ISO Project Leader, Duff coordinates industry activities, represents industry stakeholders in a variety of settings and promotes the advancement and adoption of … Read more Duff Johnson October […]

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Why PDF matters to Information Governance

This Global Information Governance Day it’s time to focus on how better PDF = better IG. #GIGD About the author: As CEO of the PDF Association and as an ISO Project Leader, Duff coordinates industry activities, represents industry stakeholders in a variety of settings and promotes the advancement and adoption of … Read more Duff Johnson, Peter Wyatt […]

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PDF on GAAD: because it’s the content you keep

Tagged PDF is becoming increasingly common. On #GAAD 2022, PDF/UA’s ISO Project Leader takes stock of the progress and highlights what remains. About the author: As CEO of the PDF Association and as an ISO Project Leader, Duff coordinates industry activities, represents industry stakeholders in a variety of settings and promotes the advancement and adoption of … Read […]

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PDF’s mindshare

Presented at PDF Days Europe 2022 ( 2022, Sep ) When and why users think about PDF Excerpt: In an update to his 2018 presentation on “PDF statistics”, PDF Association CEO Duff Johnson reviews some key stats about PDF’s utilization, popular awareness and reliance on the format. About the presenter(s) As CEO of the PDF Association and […]

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