It is essential to understand that with long term storage secure formats does not in themselves prevent user error or data corruption.
The Standards Support Endowment supplements PDF Association membership dues to support administration of ISO TC 171 SC 2 and the continuing development of improved and new ISO standards for PDF.
The latest veraPDF adds support for PDF/A-4, the archival subset specification for PDF 2.0.
This summary recalls developments in 2021 and looks forward to PDF Association activities in 2022.
The PDF Association now hosts 3D PDF demonstration files provided by PDF Association members.
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PDF Association CTO Peter Wyatt explains the transparent imaging model in PDF and recounts its significance since Adobe introduced this technology in 2001.
Almost every email client can save email messages as PDF files, but none do so in a manner that retains email structures or metadata proving message authenticity. The EA-PDF specification development effort will explore a better way.
The CEO of the PDF Association reflects on the steady expansion of the organization’s mission and the future.
On World Standards Day 2021 the PDF Association celebrates PDF’s connection to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).