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We’ve established a new public GitHub repository to allow anyone to log and discuss issues and requests against PDF Association publications.

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The PDF Association announces a new membership type designed for organizations that produce or consume PDF files at-scale.

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New guidance on PDF Portable Collections and on digitizing paper. | US Army website features PDF/UA | PDFism! | Scratch-and-sniff PDF? | NARA’s new blog | Bit List says PDF is “vulnerable” | PDF/UA as bragging rights! | PDF AcademicBot for November 2024.

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The PDF industry’s technical conference, PDF Week provides an opportunity for cross-pollination, networking and shared experience across PDF’s ecosystem.

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Accessibility considerations for digital content aren’t limited to navigation, reading and interaction. Users also need to be able to archive, comment, redact, extract, and more.

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The 2nd edition now totals 18 pages includes 5 new sheets focusing on logical structure, tagged PDF, and the Arlington PDF Model. Additionally, Cheat Sheets in the 2nd edition conform to PDF/UA-1.

The future of e-invoicing.

In 2025 Europe will require ebooks to be accessible and include detailed accessibility metadata while Germany will require e-invoicing. | ACM in San Jose | GWG webinars on PDF/X-4 |Standards Day(s) are coming! | The Power of PDF Posters | The PDFacademicBot for October 2024

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This PDF-UX article offers an overview of bookmarks and suggests considerations and general best practices for every PDF author, and some thoughts for PDF viewer developers as well.

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File type for downloadable forms, in 3 letters | Mobile devices are pain-points for forms | But, Android support for PDF is improving | veraPDF Arlington Checker released | PDF Week Prague 2024 | iPRES 2024 Great Preservation Bake-off | New PDF Association liaison on HDR with ISO TC 42 Photography | GWG to publish more educational materials | PDFacademicBot for September 2024.

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PDF Association members – especially those working on PDF’s imaging model – can now access TC 42 WG 23 resources directly from pdfa.org.

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