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 April 20, 2019
On April 19 we published an analysis of the Mueller report PDF released by the US Department of Justice. Further analysis … Read more
Article April 19, 2019
It’s too bad that such important historical documents are nonetheless posted as such low-quality PDF files. We provide commentary.
Article April 15, 2019
Author of over 15 books and a guru to generations of graphic designers, David Blatner is a legend in digital … Read more
Article April 4, 2019
When I’m not working for the PDF Association I still do some consulting in the document management space. Some recent … Read more
Article March 8, 2019
On February 25, 2019, researchers from Ruhr University Bochum and Hackmanit GmbH published pdf-insecurity.org, a detailed explanation of several vulnerabilities they … Read more
News, PDF Association news January 29, 2019
Welcome to the brand new PDF Association website. This sweeping relaunch has a modern and user-friendly interface and offers interesting … Read more
PDF Association news December 2, 2018
Die PDF Association hat ihren Webauftritt grundlegend erneuert!
News, PDF Association news November 26, 2018
This event allows those engaged with electronic document technology focusing on developers, product managers, professional document users, creative professionals and … Read more
Article October 31, 2018
How do we gain insight into how users’ views of documents are shifting? Google Trends is an increasingly interesting source … Read more