Duff founded and led several businesses in the electronic document industry. Today, as CEO of the PDF Association, Duff coordinates its industry activities pertaining to the advancement and adoption of PDF technology. In addition to his PDF Association responsibilities Duff serves in technical roles as Project Leader for ISO 14289 (PDF/UA) and as Project co-Leader for ISO 32000 (the PDF specification). He also 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 founded and led several businesses in the electronic document industry. Today, as CEO of the PDF Association, Duff coordinates its industry activities pertaining to the advancement and adoption of PDF technology. In addition to his PDF Association responsibilities Duff serves in technical roles as Project Leader for ISO 14289 (PDF/UA) and as Project co-Leader for ISO 32000 (the PDF specification). He also 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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Our Executive Director Duff Johnson gives some personally information about his experience with the “PDF universe” and much more.
Session Description: Everyone understands paper’s features, and how it “works”. For PDF, “full-function” isn’t really defined. 4 PDF experts will discuss under moderation from Duff Johnson, Executive Director of the PDF Association, how to encourage … Read more
The Associated Files feature allows PDF 2.0 writers to provide additional information related to a PDF 2.0 object in a standardized and interoperable machine-readable manner.