Duff Johnson
Chair of these communities: US TAG | TC171 SC2 US WG8 PDF | TC171 SC2 US WG9 AccessibilityDuff started working with PDF in 1996 when he founded Document Solutions, Inc. in Oakland, California.
Today, as CEO of the PDF Association, Duff coordinates industry activities in support of PDF technology.
Duff also serves in technical roles as Project Leader for ISO 14289 (PDF/UA) and as Project co-Leader for ISO 32000 (the PDF specification). He chairs the US Technical Advisory Committee (TAG) for ISO TC 171 SC 2, and serves as its Head of Delegation.
He can be reached at duff.johnson@pdfa.org.
Duff Johnson's Publications
Article December 8, 2015
Google’s latest release of Chrome includes updated support for PDF viewing.
Article December 7, 2015
Karlen Communications is surveying users with disabilities to better understand the end user experience of PDF documents within that population.
PDF Association news December 1, 2015
SD Times talks PDF with a number of developers in the electronic document field, including several PDF Association members.
Article November 25, 2015
The amended Transparency Directive will require public company annual financial reports in an ESEF beginning January 1, 2020.
PDF Association news November 18, 2015
The veraPDF consortium has announced the 0.6 release of the veraPDF PDF/A validation software and test-suite. This release features validation … Read more
Article October 30, 2015
The European Disability Forum reports that European Commissioner Thyssen has confirmed that the European Accessibility Act, under development since 2012, … Read more
Article October 12, 2015
Firefox will drop support for plugins based on NPAPI by the end of 2016.
Article October 7, 2015
PDF remains the dominant format online, far surpassing editable files. Many websites rely on PDFs for core content, highlighting their … Read more
Article September 24, 2015
Announcing a new 3D PDF solution using PRC.