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callas software hat heute ein umfangreiches Update für seine Flaggschiff-Produktlinie pdfToolbox veröffentlicht, das erweiterte Optionen zur Qualitätskontrolle sowie PDF-Modifikation und erleichtert das Erstellen und Testen automatisierter Workflows beinhaltet.

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Peter Wyatt shares his custom metadata panels – very useful for discovering ISO standards and PDF Declarations metadata! (until vendors catch up!)

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pdfRest announces a significant update to its PDF Toolkit Self-Hosted API. Version 2.0 empowers developers with a simplified setup process, introduces the valuable Extract Text API tool, and enhances the Add to PDF API functionality with support for adding attachments.

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Based on WTPDF, ISO 14289-2 serves to assure institutions that the PDF Association’s requirements for creating and validating accessible PDF 2.0 files are now ISO-standardized.

Breaking the Ice with Melina and Duff

Join pdfa.org for exclusive member benefits tailored to PDF development. Our Member Benefit Manager, Melina, engages in insightful discussions with CEO Duff Johnson, providing invaluable insights into maximizing membership advantages.

PDF/A & PDF/UA

The latest veraPDF release candidate adds PDF/UA-2 support. LibreOffice creates PDF/A and PDF/UA together. A “white paper” gets PDF wrong, again. Visualizing Warichū. 

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The PDF Association has established a new Liaison Working Group (LWG) to serve as a place for forensics experts and PDF technology industry professionals to develop best practices on forensic examination of PDF files.

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Well-Tagged PDF (WTPDF), a common specification for both reuse and accessibility, is a massive leap forward for PDF technology.

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It’s time for AI integrators to help authors make semantically rich documents… and step up their game on PDF inputs.

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The pdfRest team announces the introduction of new Java code samples, offering comprehensive access to all 25+ API Tools. These samples unlock the power of PDF processing with Java and streamline the integration process.

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