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
PDF Association news February 17, 2017
The veraPDF consortium has completed PREFORMA’s prototyping phase, and has been awarded the contract for the final six month testing … Read more
PDF Association news February 2, 2017
The first post-Adobe ISO standard for PDF technology creates new opportunities for developers of electronic document software.
Article January 31, 2017
The US Access Board has issued new rules updating its “Section 508” accessibility requirements. PDF/UA-1 support is required for PDF … Read more
Article January 5, 2017
Apple’s PDF problems get worse on Sierra, says Tidbits publisher.
PDF Association news December 22, 2016
The final beta-release of veraPDF is now available. Version 1.0 is expected on January 9th 2017. The 1.0 release is … Read more
Article November 21, 2016
The PDF Association goes down under.
PDF Association news November 18, 2016
veraPDF version 0.26 includes the first beta release of the new purpose-built PDF parser. This release can be used alongside … Read more
PDF Association news October 11, 2016
The latest veraPDF now includes batch processing (beta), additional error-handling and extraction of the AFRelationship key.