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News about PDF Days Europe 2025!

May 2025 by PDF Association staff

PDF Days Europe 2025 is the main event in this year’s PDF triathlon in Berlin!

Learn about Monday’s keynote speaker and the new technical and solutions poster sessions driving our updated format. The Technical poster session is competitive! Learn more (requires member login to pdfa.org).

This year, Peter Wyatt’s PDF Workshop targets the next generation of PDF experts, providing a foundational understanding for doing PDF correctly via a two-day intensive workshop focusing on validity and correctness in PDF files.

Tickets will be available soon.

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May 2025 by PDF Association staff
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April 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Members gather for PDF Week Boston 2025 in Concord, Massachusetts! Besides sightseeing and socializing there is also some work getting … Read more

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April 2025 by Duff Johnson
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What does it take to build the organizational skills and resources necessary to succeed in ensuring PDF documents are accessible?

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April 2025 by PDF Association staff
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The PDF Accessibility LWG’s 2025-Q2 release focuses on headings, with 9 new techniques and 8 new failure examples.

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April 2025 by PDF Association staff
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AI’s Pirated-Books Problem | Correcting US financial regulations referencing PDF | New crawl limit improves CC’s capture of PDF | … Read more

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March 2025 by Robin Watts (Artifex Software Inc)
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Brotli compression is coming soon to PDF 2.0, enabling smaller file sizes. Sample PDF files are available to kickstart development!

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March 2025 by PDF Association staff
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When will AI understand document semantics? | Will LLM-based OCR live up to the challenge? | Indicating whether the publisher … Read more

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March 2025 by Erin Dempsey (TWAIN Working Group)
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This article explores how ISVs can use PDF/R to improve imaging application software’s efficiency, reduce development complexity, and enhance customer … Read more

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March 2025 by PDF Association staff
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The PDF Association will host a trio of PDF technology events in Berlin from September 11-19. Save the date… and … Read more

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February 2025 by PDF Association staff
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The new TWG will explore topics such as verifiable credentials, digital signatures, modern cryptography and content provenance frameworks in alignment … Read more

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February 2025 by PDF Association staff
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These free XMP Extension Schema templates support PDF documents that conform to multiple subset standards, including PDF/A, PDF/X, PDF/VT, and … Read more

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