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Thanks to the sponsors of ISO standards for PDF! Logos of Adobe, Apryse, Foxit, Allyant, axes4, GrackleDocs and TargetStream Technologies.

We’re proud to celebrate the PDF Association members who help make ISO standards for PDF available at no cost!

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For organizations that depend on trust, efficiency, and long-term information integrity, PDF Days Europe is a strategic investment.

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Encoding multilingual content | The US Library of Congress recognizes individual PDF/A-4 conformance levels | “There was no book” | LibreOffice 25.8 brings PDF 2.0 creation to all platforms | Brotli compression benefits PDF – EPUB not so much | Business reasons to ensure PDFs are accessible: loyal customers | PDF is the format you are looking for | That Doesn’t Need to Be (Your Head on the Desk) | Color conferences | FOGRA summary of recent ISO TC 130 Meetings | The PDFacademicBot for August 2025

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The PDF Research Portal supports and encourages research into the PDF format and its broader role in modern economies.

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Browsers battle over PDF capabilities | ISO’s “Publicly Available Standards” page is gone | PDF to Brainrot | JHOVE update supports PDF 2.0 | The US Library of Congress updates email collection guidance leveraging EA-PDF | PDF crosswords | Alberta aligns with PDF 2.0, drops XFA | A potted history of PDF | ISO standardizes HDR gain-maps | a new release of veraPDF | PDF = “poison dart frog”.

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This initial FAQ focuses on HDR in the PDF/A and PDF/X contexts, to help stakeholders understand how high dynamic range content works with current-generation PDF specifications and technologies.

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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

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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.

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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”.

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