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”.
2 keynotes, 21 presentations, 2 poster sessions, briefings from working-group chairs, the elevator pitch session and more. Check out the agenda now!
Members gather for PDF Week Boston 2025 in Concord, Massachusetts! Besides sightseeing and socializing there is also some work getting done!
What does it take to build the organizational skills and resources necessary to succeed in ensuring PDF documents are accessible?
The PDF Accessibility LWG’s 2025-Q2 release focuses on headings, with 9 new techniques and 8 new failure examples.
AI’s Pirated-Books Problem | Correcting US financial regulations referencing PDF | New crawl limit improves CC’s capture of PDF | W3C note on “Accessibility of machine learning and generative AI” | What is so plain about plain text? | Surveying PDF accessibility remediators | Courts’ rules lack detail | PDFacademicBot for April 2025
When will AI understand document semantics? | Will LLM-based OCR live up to the challenge? | Indicating whether the publisher allows PDF files to be mined by AI | JHOVE PDF parsing improvements | Progress on HDR standards | PDFacademicBot for March, 2025.
The PDF Association will host a trio of PDF technology events in Berlin from September 11-19. Save the date… and check out the “disciplines”! Answer the survey to help us create the best possible events for you!
The new TWG will explore topics such as verifiable credentials, digital signatures, modern cryptography and content provenance frameworks in alignment with the PDF industry’s growing need for secure and transparent digital workflows.
These free XMP Extension Schema templates support PDF documents that conform to multiple subset standards, including PDF/A, PDF/X, PDF/VT, and PDF Declarations.