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Browsers battle over PDF capabilities | ISO’s “Publicly Available Standards” page is gone | PDF to Brainrot | JHOVE update supports PDF 2.0 | The US Library of Congress updates email collection guidance leveraging EA-PDF | PDF crosswords | Alberta aligns with PDF 2.0, drops XFA | A potted history of PDF | ISO standardizes HDR gain-maps | a new release of veraPDF | PDF = “poison dart frog”.

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This initial FAQ focuses on HDR in the PDF/A and PDF/X contexts, to help stakeholders understand how high dynamic range content works with current-generation PDF specifications and technologies.

iText by Apryse Release iText Suite 9.2

This release of iText by Apryse brings support for .NET MAUI AOT compilation, and automated PDF/UA-2 validation during document creation. There’s also significant enhancement to PDF/UA creation and conversion from HTML, PDF optimization, and iText’s advanced typography features.

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Foxit announces Agentic AI, a suite of AI tools integrated into Foxit Editor, designed to transform how professionals engage with complex documents. Highlights include smarter document chat, real-time web search, and a research assistant that breaks down dense PDFs into structured insights.

PDF/X

pdfAssistant’s Save as Press-Ready PDF/X Add-On for Adobe Express provides essential granular control over critical page box margins, streamlining workflows and boosting confidence in final print output.

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Actual Reports announces ISO 27001 certification for enhanced security, the launch of Web Forms for streamlined data collection, and expanded PDF Services, demonstrating a deep commitment to product innovation and customer value.

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Experience since PDF/UA-1 was published has revealed that some rules were too prescriptive. In some situations the semantic significance of an image is due to its representation of text, and vice versa. PDF/UA-2 to the rescue.

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