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NARA headquarters in Washington, DC

The US National Archives and Records Administration’s new proposal for standardization of digitization of permanent federal records is available for comment.

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Those seeking PDF technology solutions used to have to do all the hard work of identifying and soliciting competent vendors. Now it’s easy to ask the entire industry for help!

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OctoberPDFest recordings are now available! 31 videos offer a wide variety of perspectives on our favorite format.

Some of these files are the devil's work!

The original PDF Issue Tracker corpus generated a lot of interest from the PDF technical community; now version 2 of the “Issue Tracker” corpus of stressful PDF has landed just 2 months later!

Screen-shot from Biden PDF.

A controversial PDF tied to Hunter Biden highlights key digital forensics issues: PDFs are representations, not originals, and without metadata or signatures, authenticity claims remain uncertain.

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Do not miss the PDF ASsociation’s free webinar series!

Lighthouse

Check out the new PDF/UA Reference Suite update to the 2014 edition.

Bell cure of PDF complexity.

Reliable PDF interoperability depends on diverse test corpora. A new “Issue Tracker” corpus offers real-world, bug-triggering files, helping developers improve robustness and uncover edge-case failures more efficiently.

Caterpillar into butterfly

The PDF Reuse TWG is facilitating the reuse of document content and semantics on a diverse set of devices and in a broad range of applications. This work also facilitates the accessibility of the PDF document.

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This free educational webinar series celebrates PDF technology capabilities and solutions. OctoberPDFest highlights the latest developments, visions of the future and many other subjects. Check out the agenda to learn more!

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