Duff Johnson
Chair of these communities: US TAG | TC171 SC2 US WG8 PDF | TC171 SC2 US WG9 AccessibilityAs 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 September 23, 2024
Like all powerful features, bookmarks can really help users, but if they aren’t well-considered the result can be a bad … Read more
Article February 28, 2024
It’s time for AI integrators to help authors make semantically rich documents… and step up their game on PDF inputs.
Article December 18, 2023
It’s difficult to find other search terms that share PDF’s continuous upwards trend. Few technologies show this resilience, especially over … Read more
Article August 21, 2023
The PDF industry mourns the passing of the Adobe founder and visionary whose inventions and insights led to the creation … Read more
Article July 31, 2023
Overcoming ossification requires everyone to agree on the strategy and specific technical changes affecting all stakeholders.
Article June 15, 2023
The last 30 years have revealed some persistent truths about how people use and think about information and communication.
PDF Association news December 29, 2022
In 2023 the PDF Association will focus on technical community while the final phase of the SafeDocs program offers an … Read more
Article October 31, 2022
As of October 28 2022 worldwide searches for “pdf” had peaked in March, 2022. Even as internet searches continue to … Read more
PDF Association news September 20, 2022
PDF Days Europe 2022 was a great success, with the overwhelming majority of attendees reporting a high degree of satisfaction.