PDF Association
Home of the worldwide PDF technical community
Originally launched as the PDF/A Competence Center in 2006, the organization’s original function was to promote common understanding of the PDF/A archival subset of the PDF format. It was during this period that the PDF Association developed its first set of PDF/A Technical Notes and the Isartor Test Suite, critical building-blocks for modern implementations of the PDF/A specification.
In 2009 the ISO confirmed the PDF/A Competence Center’s status as a category A liaison with ISO TC 171 SC 2, allowing the organization to act as a conduit for information between members and the ISO committees managing PDF and PDF subset standards.
In 2011 the PDF/A Competence Center became the PDF Association, and formally expanded its scope to include all PDF and PDF-related standards.
The mission of the PDF Association is to promote awareness and adoption of ISO-standardized PDF technology worldwide.
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Published Articles
February 2016, Duff Johnson
PDF files can be hard to search with confidence. Here’s why it matters, how it happens, and what … Read more
June 2015, PDF Association staff
What is PDF/A? What does PDF/A offer, and how can I access that value? Answers to these and … Read more
May 2015, Boris Doubrov
How veraPDFs purpose-built validation model addresses the challenge of PDF/A validation and opens the door to a generalized … Read more
August 2011, PDF Association staff
The Isartor test suite is available from pdfa.org free of charge. It can be used to check PDF … Read more
October 2010, Duff Johnson
NOTE: Since this article was published the ISO specification for PDF/A has added new “parts”. Visit the PDF/A … Read more
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