This year at CeBIT, PDF Association members are focusing on practical uses for PDF/A-3. This version of the ISO standard opens up many new potential applications, as it allows any format file to be embedded into a PDF/A document.
Die Mitglieder der PDF Association setzen ihren diesjährigen Schwerpunkt zur CeBIT auf praktische Einsatzgebiete von PDF/A-3. Da dieser Normteil des ISO-Standards zusätzlich das Einbetten beliebiger Formate in PDF/A erlaubt, eröffnen sich zahlreiche Einsatzgebiete.
Longtime chairman of the US Committee for PDF/UA, Duff Johnson maintains a page listing software providing PDF/UA functionality as well as an updated history of PDF/UA.
Duff Johnson, Vorsitzender des PDF/UA-Komitees in den USA, hat auf seiner Website eine Übersicht zu PDF/UA-Programmen zusammengestellt und skizziert die Geschichte zum Standard für barrierefreie PDF-Dateien.
Accessibility isn’t easy. For implementers and product managers alike who are responsible for supporting accessibility in PDF, this article describes how the Matterhorn Protocol can help speed progress towards PDF/UA conformance.
The Sunlight Foundation PDF Liberation Hackathon will be held at 6 locations on the Jan 17-19, 2014, weekend. It will focus on applying PDF extraction technologies to real world problems. For more information, please see http://pdfliberation.wordpress.com.
PDF is the leading format for digital “hardcopy” documents. It’s universal, secure, and standardized – combining content from multiple sources while ensuring consistent display across devices.
The Swiss non-profit foundation “Access for all” has published the PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC 2) the world’s first tool for verifying PDF documents conform with PDF/UA and are accessible to people with disabilities. The PDF Association contributed significantly to the development of PAC 2 in several ways. With these and other initiatives, the PDF Association underlines its commitment to universal accessibility in PDF, the world’s preferred format for electronic documents.
Hauptsächlich an Software-Entwickler gerichtet, fördert das Matterhorn-Protokoll die Umsetzung von PDF/UA, indem es einen Prüfkatalog zur Feststellung der Konformität mit dem PDF/UA-Standard bereit stellt.
“PDF/UA in a Nutshell” will show you just what PDF/UA is. This brochure provides a clear summary of the key facts, the standard’s requirements, the latest developments and the current legal situation regarding PDF accessibility, all in one place. In addition, it suggests potential applications for the standard and lists the tools that can be used to create and validate PDF/UA-compliant documents.