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Delivering stability in an uncertain world

December 2024 by Duff Johnson

In 2024, 31 years after its introduction, PDF remains uncontested as the global digital document format for final-form content, and as an essential complement to the HTML/CSS experience that underpins the web.

In 2024, PDF’s popularity (as measured by search volume relative to the most popular search terms) continues to grow.

Google Trends graph showing 2018-2024 data for PDF, Google, Facebook, YouTube and Amazon. PDF is the smallest but slowly growing, the others are larger but declining.

For the PDF Association, 2024 saw over 200 TWG and LWG meetings, over a dozen projects completed and more resources published. This post recounts some of the highlights.

Membership for PDF producers and consumers

November 2024 by PDF Association staff
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The PDF Association announces a new membership type designed for organizations that produce or consume PDF files at-scale.

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November 2024 by PDF Association staff
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The PDF industry’s technical conference, PDF Week provides an opportunity for cross-pollination, networking and shared experience across PDF’s ecosystem.

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October 2024 by PDF Association staff
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The 2nd edition now totals 18 pages includes 5 new sheets focusing on logical structure, tagged PDF, and the Arlington … Read more

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August 2024 by PDF Association staff
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Starting today, PDF users everywhere can leverage ISO-standardized accessibility requirements for content in PDF.

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June 2024 by PDF Association staff
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Private data is everywhere is in almost every broadly-adopted file format. This Application Note answers questions about private data in … Read more

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May 2024 by PDF Association staff
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While PDF/X establishes rules for representing page content for print purposes, it doesn’t describe the specific requirements of the finished … Read more

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May 2024 by PDF Association staff
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The latest ISO Extension to PDF 2.0 offers backwards-compatible integrity protection via Message Authentication Code (MAC).

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May 2024 by PDF Association staff
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The second PDF Week event of 2024 arrives May 6-10 in Tokyo! Members can attend remotely if they cannot join … Read more

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March 2024 by PDF Association staff
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Authoritative answers to common questions about Tagged PDF, WTPDF and PDF/UA.

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March 2024 by PDF Association staff
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Join pdfa.org for exclusive member benefits tailored to PDF development. Our Member Benefit Manager, Melina, engages in insightful discussions with … Read more

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March 2024 by PDF Association staff
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The PDF Association has established a new Liaison Working Group (LWG) to serve as a place for forensics experts and … Read more

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