Updates from the meeting-place of the PDF industry.
Articles and industry news |
5 reasons to attend PDF Days in 2025 |
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Here’s what previous PDF Days attendees have told me about this event, and why attending is a good investment. |
Tagging Images in PDF/UA-1 and PDF/UA-2 |
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Experience since PDF/UA-1 was published has revealed that some rules were too prescriptive. In some situations the semantic significance of an image is due to its representation of text, and vice versa. PDF/UA-2 to the rescue. |
Continuously Scrollable Comics: ISO ad hoc report analyzes related standards |
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This recently published report from ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 34 presents an analysis of related standards, the current status and size of the CSC industry, the cultural importance of continuously scrollable comics, and various technical challenges. |
Understanding Brotli PDF Compression |
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PDF has long relied on Flate for general-purpose data compression. Today, Brotli has emerged as a promising new approach that could significantly improve PDF compression ratios. |
All top word-processors default to Tagged PDF |
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If you use a word processor creating Tagged PDF is your default. | FOGRA’s summary of developments in print | The US Library of Congress is studying the PDF Association’s EA-PDF format | Office Open XML gets its first errata update in nine years. | PDFacademicBot for June 2025 |
Sightseeing Tips for PDF Days Europe 2025 in Berlin |
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Berlin ist calling! Are you ready for the big city? |
Technical AND Solution poster sessions at PDF Days! |
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Technical and Solution posters are a great way to showcase your ideas and interact with attendees at PDF Days Europe 2025! |
Part 1: Defending Your PDFs: Blocking AI Models from Scraping Your Data |
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This article explains the options in allowing, limiting, and/or preventing data scraping from occurring when AI and text data mining tools are used. |
Conforming to Both PDF/A and PDF/UA; a new Best Practice Guide |
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This document provides essential guidance and recommendations for those aiming to create PDF files that adhere to multiple ISO-standardized subsets of PDF, specifically PDF/A (ISO 19005) for archiving and PDF/UA (ISO 14289) for accessibility. |
“Archives for Everyone” – it’s International Archives Week 2025! |
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In support of the International Archives Week theme and its four subthemes, the PDF Association is announcing its forthcoming Best Practice Guide on “Conforming to both PDF/A & PDF/UA”. |
Resources |
Conforming to both PDF/A and PDF/UA |
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This document provides guidance and recommendations for application developers who want to create PDF files that conform to more than one ISO-standardized subset of PDF, specifically PDF/A (ISO 19005) and PDF/UA (ISO 14289). |
XMP Extension Schema Templates |
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Free XMP Extension Schema templates that support compliance with ISO standards and specifications utilizing XMP. |
EA-PDF v1.0 Specification |
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Based on PDF/A, the EA-PDF specification defines a specification for a vendor- and platform- neutral format for the long-term preservation of email. |
Tools for Accessible PDF |
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Commercial and free PDF creation, viewing or validation software that exposes the relationship between a PDF’s page content and its tags tree. |
Techniques for Accessible PDF |
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These Techniques provide atomic example files and test procedures in a vendor-neutral manner, allowing PDF files to be precisely tested while ensuring software developers retain maximum flexibility and potential for innovation. |
PDF Cheat Sheets, 2nd edition |
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PDF cheat sheets are quick-reference tools to help developers work more efficiently while ensuring that their knowledge of PDF is technically correct. |
Understanding Private Data in PDF/A |
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Private data is everywhere is in almost every broadly-adopted file format. This Application Note answers questions about private data in PDF files. |
ISO 16684-4 |
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This document broadens the concept of XMP specified in ISO 16684-1 so that XMP can be used to describe a semantic unit (SU). |
ISO 16684-3 |
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This document defines how the XMP data model can be serialized to JSON-LD. |
ISO 16684-2 |
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This part of ISO 16684 specifies the use of RELAX NG to describe serialized XMP metadata. |
Case Studies & White Papers |
Solimar Systems’ ReadyPDF Drives 100% PDF Optimization Success Rate at Major European Print Service Provider |
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Solimar Systems announces the successful implementation of ReadyPDF® Prepress Server at BC DirectGroup GmbH, Germany, with BC DirectGroup reporting a 100% success rate in PDF optimization for their high-volume production print and mail environment. |
Healthcare Company Saves More Than $4 Million Annually With Crawford Technologies’ Language Translation Solution |
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Crawford Technologies announces its AccessibilityNow® Translate which addresses a critical challenge faced by healthcare organizations that need to deliver vital, time-sensitive information to limited English proficiency (LEP) audiences efficiently and securely. |
Invisible Text: A PDF Superhero Power |
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Find out how Datalogics helped their customer to place information on a document that could either be copied and pasted or extracted as text – but that wouldn’t visually affect the appearance of the PDF itself. |
PDF-based document workflow Streamlines Patient Education Delivery, Boosts Nurse Productivity |
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A leading international healthcare provider has transformed their patient education process using Solimar Systems and individually composed PDF-based communication. Previously, nurses manually compiled customized information packets by assembling relevant collateral from offset printed brochures and supplements. |
Member news |
iText Suite 9.2: .NET MAUI AOT, PDF/UA-2 Validation, and More! |
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This release of iText by Apryse brings support for .NET MAUI AOT compilation, and automated PDF/UA-2 validation during document creation. There’s also significant enhancement to PDF/UA creation and conversion from HTML, PDF optimization, and iText’s advanced typography features. |
Foxit Launches Agentic AI: Redefining PDF Intelligence for Knowledge Workers |
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Foxit announces Agentic AI, a suite of AI tools integrated into Foxit Editor, designed to transform how professionals engage with complex documents. Highlights include smarter document chat, real-time web search, and a research assistant that breaks down dense PDFs into structured insights. |
Announcing New Bleed, Trim, and Art Box Controls in pdfAssistant’s PDF/X Add-On for Adobe Express |
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pdfAssistant’s Save as Press-Ready PDF/X Add-On for Adobe Express provides essential granular control over critical page box margins, streamlining workflows and boosting confidence in final print output. |
Actual Reports Enhances Security with ISO 27001, Expands Capabilities with Web Forms & New PDF Services |
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Actual Reports announces ISO 27001 certification for enhanced security, the launch of Web Forms for streamlined data collection, and expanded PDF Services, demonstrating a deep commitment to product innovation and customer value. |
UPDF Announces Prime Day Sale: All Products $10 Off Sitewide |
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It’s Prime Day! Save big on UPDF, the ultimate PDF editor empowered by AI. Enjoy up to $10 OFF and exclusive deals for a limited time only. Upgrade your PDF experience now! |
JPedal: Enhanced PDF Editing, Viewer Improvements, and Streamlined Features |
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The latest JPedal release introduces new features, practical enhancements, and important bug fixes, making PDF editing, manipulation more robust for developers and users. |
UPDF Named a High Performer in G2 Summer 2025 Reports for PDF Editor and Document Creation |
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Latest G2 Recognition Reinforces UPDF’s Position as a Leading Innovator in Digital Document Solutions |
Intelligent Document Creation: Generate PDFs with AI in pdfAssistant.ai |
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pdfAssistant spotlights the powerful capability to generate entirely new PDF files from scratch using artificial intelligence. This approach transforms the process of creating PDF documents from a manual chore into an AI-driven experience. |
PDFix Launches Advanced Template-Driven PDF Auto-Tagging for Bulk PDFs |
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PDFix’s latest update introduces advanced template-driven auto-tagging, enabling organizations to automatically create PDF/UA-compliant documents in high-volume workflows. Ideal for invoices, statements, and reports, this solution streamlines accessibility from document creation – no manual intervention required. |
UPDF Honored with Capterra’s 2025 “Best Ease of Use” Badge for PDF Editors |
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UPDF received Capterra’s prestigious 2025 “Best Ease of Use” badge for PDF Editors, underscoring its commitment to delivering intuitive, powerful PDF solutions for individuals and businesses. This honor highlights UPDF’s exceptional functionality and user-focused design. |
Part 2: Protecting Your PDFs from AI Scraping with Datalogics’ New Code Samples |
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This article explains the application of Datalogics’ Adobe PDF Library to express TDMRep in a PDF to protect your data from AI scraping. |
The Future of Mobile Document Scanning: How MobiPDF Employs AI to Deliver Perfect Scans on Android |
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MobiPDF is redefining mobile document scanning with AI-powered features like automatic border detection, shadow correction, and OCR, delivering perfect scans even in challenging conditions. |
Introducing ‘Set Page Boxes API’ from pdfRest: Precise Control to Crop, Resize, and Optimize PDFs |
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pdfRest announces the launch of its new Set Page Boxes API Tool, offering developers unprecedented control over the fundamental layout of PDF documents. |
UPDF 2.0 Launches Worldwide: Meet the New Standard for AI-Powered PDF Editing |
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UPDF 2.0 has been launched globally, setting a new standard for AI-powered PDF editing. With the introduction of advanced artificial intelligence features, the new version significantly enhances the PDF editing experience. |
pdfRest Enhances OCR PDF API for Searchable PDFs at Scale |
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pdfRest offers developers a way to convert scanned PDFs into fully searchable documents, unlocking content that was previously trapped in image-based files with its enhanced OCR PDF API tool. |
New products |
PoDoFo |
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A powerful open source C++ PDF manipulation library. |
PDF Usability Checker (PUC) |
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A free online tool to assess the accessibility tagging quality of PDF documents, based on PDF/UA. Designed for quick diagnostics and early-stage checks by non-specialists. |
ADEPT UA |
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ADEPT UA uses a flow-based, rules-driven engine to automate the the remediation of fully accessible PDF UA files from high-volume system output without templates or manual remediation. |
Foxit PDF Editor Cloud |
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Foxit PDF Editor Cloud provides users a cost-effective, … Read more |
UPDF 2.0 |
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– Edit text in PDF – Edit image in PDF – Edit or add links in PDF – Convert PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Images, HTML, XML, PDF/A, Text , or CSV with OCR technology – Annotate PDF with highlights, underline, strike-though, stamps, stickers, text boxes, or draw on PDF – Organize PDF pages, such as delete, rearrange, rotate, extract, and replace pages – Protect PDF by adding open password or permission password – Share PDF via a link or through email – View PDF across all devices with dark mode – Support changing the background color of PDF – 1 license of UPDF on 4 devices (1 Windows + 1 macOS + 1 iOS + 1 Android) |
BFO Publisher |
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BFO Publisher converts HTML and XML+CSS to PDF. With su … Read more |
Auto-Link |
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File-Linker – The Plug-in automatically creates hyperlinks to other files on the basis of samples. These can be either file open or web links. Text-Linker – The function is responsible for the automatic creation of internal hyperlinks. It can be used to interactivate a table of contents, an index, footnotes or cross-references. Auto-Bookmarks – This register is an essential element for navigation within a large document. With the help of the new function, bookmarks can be generated automatically in any number based on typographical characteristics. Footnote-Linker – The Plug-in recognises the small superscript digit and creates hyperlink to the footnote in both direction. |
PDF4NET |
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PDF4NET is a .NET library for generating and importing PDF documents on the fly from any .NET application. The library does not rely on any Adobe products for creating and importing PDF files. It hides the complex structure of PDF files behind a simple object model that allows creation of complex PDF files or import of existing PDF files with a few lines of code. It supports a wide set of features, ranging from simple PDF creation to form filling, content redaction, complex color conversions or digital signatures. |
PDF Viewer |
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PDFViewer — enable seamless PDF viewing everywhere PDFV … Read more |
PDF Generator API |
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PDF Generator API allows you easily generate PDF docume … Read more |
DocBridge® Production Suite |
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Document Processing + Output Management The DocBridge® … Read more |
DocBridge® Communication Suite |
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DocBridge® Communication Suite provides you with a streamlined, lean and powerful solution to manage your high volume of customer communication efficiently and traceably. Thanks to a modern and intuitive user interface for document design and the management of all communication processes, you will always reach your customers with high-quality documents – on every physical and digital channel, according to your customers’ preferences. By using open standards and the cloud-native approach, the solution can be seamlessly integrated into existing and future systems, both in the cloud and on-premise. It adapts cost-efficiently and flexibly to your business requirements and helps you to optimize your workflows and increase productivity. |
Actino MakeAccessible |
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The Windows server application can be used to convert existing PDF automatically in standard compliant PDF/UA. The tool can be used as part of any workflow to process a high volume of documents without any user intervention or as part of a web service for on demand creation. |
AI Question Generator |
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Users can generate multiple-choice, true-or-false, or o … Read more |
Summarize PDF |
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Users can summarize PDFs and other file formats in seco … Read more |
Translate PDF |
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For those looking to translate PDF documents online for … Read more |
axesCheck |
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Check a PDF for accessibility online Is your PDF access … Read more |
axesSense |
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Automatically check PDFs for accessibility You want you … Read more |
axesSlide |
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axesSlide creates legally compliant, accessible PDF doc … Read more |
axesWord |
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What does this application do? axesWord creates complia … Read more |
Events |
PDF Workshops |
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A unique opportunity for library and application developers, computer scientists and technology researchers to engage in depth with the developer of the Arlington PDF Model. |
PDF Days Europe 2025 |
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Join us in Berlin for provocative presentations from the leaders in PDF technology! |
PDF Week Berlin 2025 |
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The PDF Association invites members and ISO TC 171 delegates to PDF Week Berlin 2025! |
New members |
JLB Informatique |
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For over 40 years, JLB INFORMATIQUE has been a pioneeri … Read more |
Ian Curington |
PDF Guru |
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PDF Guru is an online platform that helps user manage P … Read more |
PDF-XChange Co. Ltd |
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Incorporated in 1997 to develop Imaging and PDF format … Read more |
National Information Standards Organization (NISO) |
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Based in Baltimore, MD, NISO’s mission is to build know … Read more |
Maryam Technologies GmbH |
Technology consulting for IT companies |
Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) |
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The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity ( … Read more |
Codegic |
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Codegic is a security provider specializing in innovati … Read more |
Ghent Workgroup |
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The Ghent Workgroup, formed in June 2002, is an interna … Read more |
Onyx Graphics Inc |
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Onyx Graphics, Inc. has called Salt Lake City, Utah, it … Read more |