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July 2019 by Roman Toda (Normex)
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Users printing to PDF are throwing away information that could be reused by downstream applications. Find out how “Deriving HTML from PDF” addresses this issue by leveraging tagged PDF.

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July 2019 by Duff Johnson
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After an impressive effort the Mueller Report is now available as a free EPUB file. What might have been in … Read more

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July 2019 by PDF Association staff
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The Open Preservation Foundation, a PDF Association liaison member, has announced the 1.14 release of the open source, industry-supported PDF/A validator, part … Read more

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July 2019 by Frode Hegland
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The Visual-Meta approach take the metadata out of of the document internals and presents it as an appendix at the … Read more

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July 2019 by Duff Johnson
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What are the essential characteristics and optimal functional requirements of email messages and necessary related information in a PDF technology-based … Read more

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June 2019 by Dietrich von Seggern (callas software GmbH)
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Dietrich von Seggern from callas software is just back from Electronic Document Conference (EDC) in Seattle. His short summary: It … Read more

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June 2019 by Roman Toda
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For the two most common web formats – HTML and PDF – the relationship hasn’t been easy. Whenever PDF is … Read more

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June 2019 by Duff Johnson
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The SafeDocs research is intended to result in novel parser methodologies to ensure security in digital content.

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June 2019 by Duff Johnson
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The US Access Board who sets policy for US federal agencies and contractor’s deliverables has agreed to require PDF/UA.

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June 2019 by PDF Association staff
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We interviewed Kenny Swope about his keynote session at the Electronic Document Conference in Seattle, and asked him some questions … Read more

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June 2019 by PDF Association staff
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Accessible PDF documents are getting much more imported these days, not only forced by legal regulations. The PDF Association is … Read more

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