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.
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Duff Johnson's Publications
PDF Association news September 17, 2015
The 0.4 release includes the first complete (in principle) PDF/A-1b validation profile, and while unverified, tests well against the internal … Read more
Article September 14, 2015
Platform technologies provide the infrastructure for the applications end users actually use, whether some kind of cloud or simply leveraging … Read more
PDF Association news September 3, 2015
Official PDF Association PDF/A and PDF/UA flyers updated
Article August 28, 2015
PDF creation is now native in Windows.
PDF Association news August 27, 2015
The complete specification for Unicode 8.0 is now available, with 7,716 new characters.
PDF Association news July 15, 2015
Release 0.2 of veraPDF does not yet perform PDF/A validation, but as a proof-of-concept it demonstrates the approach selected for … Read more
Article July 7, 2015
Will Android heavyweight Samsung introduce PDF annotation support?
PDF Association news June 18, 2015
Unicode 8.0 introduces 7,716 new characters, new scripts, emoji updates, and improved standards for text, security, and cross-platform compatibility.
Article June 11, 2015
PDF/A adoption remains slow, even in European academic archives.