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 June 11, 2015
PDF/A adoption remains slow, even in European academic archives.
PDF Association news June 1, 2015
The comment period has closed on the US Access Board’s NPRM for the refresh of Section 508.
PDF Association news June 1, 2015
Will PDF/UA be an option or a requirement for PDF documents in the coming refresh of Section 508? Duff Johnson … Read more
PDF Association news May 28, 2015
EU policy-makers reconsider application of WCAG 2.0-based regulations to non-web content.
PDF Association news May 20, 2015
The PDF Technical Conference 2015 in San Jose, California this coming October offers a unique collection of developer-oriented resources to … Read more
PDF Association news May 18, 2015
The first set of 49 candidate test suite files has been loaded to veraPDFs public Github repository.
PDF Association news April 22, 2015
Following 24 hours of teleconference meetings ISO committee delegates and PDF Association members gather in San Jose.
PDF Association news April 17, 2015
In essence, Xplor is about doing clever things with PDF files.
Article April 17, 2015
Germany Standards bureau bans lossy JBIG2 compression from use in German federal agencies.