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.
Learn more about us, who’s on the Board of Directors, get in touch with the staff, learn about the benefits of membership and how to join the PDF Association!
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Joined September 2006
Headquartered in Germany
Web: https://pdfa.org
Mail: info@pdfa.org
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Published Articles
September 2011, Olaf Drümmer
The PDF/A Competence Center is now part of a larger organization dedicated to promoting International Standards for PDF. … Read more
September 2011, Olaf Drümmer
Das PDF/A Competence Center ist ab sofort ein Teil der PDF Association. Ziel der PDF Association ist, PDF-Anwendungen … Read more
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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