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
News December 23, 2015
veraPDF 0.8 includes several updated features and a variety of bug-fixes.
News December 15, 2015
Videos from the PDF Technical Conference are now posted!
News December 8, 2015
Google’s latest release of Chrome includes updated support for PDF viewing.
News December 7, 2015
Karlen Communications is surveying users with disabilities to better understand the end user experience of PDF documents within that population.
News December 1, 2015
SD Times talks PDF with a number of developers in the electronic document field, including several PDF Association members.
News November 25, 2015
The amended Transparency Directive will require public company annual financial reports in an ESEF beginning January 1, 2020.
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
News 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
News October 12, 2015
Firefox will drop support for plugins based on NPAPI by the end of 2016.