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Duff Johnson

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Will PDF/UA be an option or a requirement for PDF documents in the coming refresh of Section 508? Duff Johnson walks you through the issues and reviews 3rd party testimony on PDF/UA.

June 1, 2015

Comments close on the Section 508 NPRM



Will PDF/UA be an option or a requirement for PDF documents in the coming refresh of Section 508? Duff Johnson walks you through the issues and reviews 3rd party testimony on PDF/UA.

June 1, 2015

Duff Johnson

About Duff Johnson


The comment window has now closed on the US Access Board’s NPRM for the refresh of Section 508.

While oriented towards WCAG 2.0, the NPRM included PDF/UA as an option for PDF documents.

PDF Association Executive Director Duff Johnson, the chair of the US committee for PDF/UA since 2005, delivered two sets of comments to the US Access Board pertaining to PDF/UA.

In his testimony Duff argued the case for interoperability, proposing that the Access Board should explicitly require PDF/UA for PDF documents covered by the regulations.

In addition to his own testimony, Duff has analyzed the other comments discussing PDF/UA, and has summarized them in a blog post.


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