PDF Forensics LWG
Background
PDF documents may be found everywhere … and that includes, as evidence in court-cases, criminal investigations, as targets for research and many other applications in which those who are not experts in PDF technology nonetheless have questions or concerns regarding internal aspects of PDF technology.
Objective
This Liaison Working Group is a meeting-place for interface between PDF technology industry members and forensics experts to help drive common understandings on analysis of PDF files and to provide feedback to the industry as a whole. As its organizing purpose the group will undertake to develop a guidance document containing authoritative best-practice guidance for those engaging in forensic analysis of PDF files.
How to participate in the Working Group
- Working group members may attend the working group’s online meetings – currently Thursday, monthly, 1600–1700 CET / 1000–1100 ET / 0700–0800 PT, or review meeting notes and recordings of previous calls.
The PDF Forensics LWG is open to all PDF Association Individual, Division, Full, Partner, Institutional and Liaison members. Non-member experts who wish to participate as either Invited or Liaison experts subject to their agreement with the PDF Association’s IPR Policy and Code of Conduct. Contact the community-manager@pdfa.org for more information.
Join this working group to:
- Access the working group’s private Google Drive area with working documents
- Participate via the mailing list and view mailing list archives
- Participate in the approval and publication process
- Access meeting recordings and notes
- Access and provide comments on related ISO documents
PDF Association members can join the PDF Forensics LWG by visiting the Member Area and clicking “Manage Working Groups“.
Relevant resources
- Presentation: PDF Forensics and the Metadata conundrum
- Forensic Tools (members only)
- Third-Party Extensions and Attribution (members only)
