PDF deserves first-class web-citizenship alongside HTML. Treating PDF as a core web format would facilitate better interoperability and accessibility to ensure a seamless experience for readers and AI alike. The existing collaboration between the W3C and PDF’s technical community should be deepened and extended.
PDF Week Incheon 2026 convened ISO TC 171 SC 2 working groups to advance key standards, including PDF/A-4, PRC, and XMP revisions, alongside accessibility and C2PA updates. Transitioning under new ISO directives, the committee celebrated leadership handoffs, notably welcoming Peter Wyatt as incoming SC 2 Chair following Leonard Rosenthol’s nine-year tenure.
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The third annual PDF Champion award was delivered during the first day of PDF Week Incheon 2026.
The Board of Directors for 2026-2028 adds axes4’s Markus Erle, and has reelected Apryse’s Raf Hens as Chair and callas software’s Dietrich von Seggern as Vice Chair.
This updated algorithm by the Deriving HTML from PDF TWG is substantially expanded and improved to take advantage of Well-Tagged PDF (WTPDF).
The PDF Association has published two new PDF/UA-1 Technical Notes on the Use of ActualText on Figure structure elements and Reference structure elements containing links.
We remember a PDF Association co-founder and former Board chair.
How to mark a PDF file as conforming to WCAG.
PDF 2.0, Errata Collection 3 (EC3) is a complete replacement for the previous Errata Collection 2 (EC2).
