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.
The Open Preservation Foundation and the PDF Association have signed an agreement to formally recognize their on-going collaborative partnership.
A just-published report from the Australian government finds that PDF as a file-format is accessible but that PDF as supported on mobile devices is not.
The 2nd edition of PDF/UA is a minor revision, but what’s more exciting is that it conforms to PDF/UA!. Developers interested in accessible PDF should acquire it without delay.
On World Standards Day 2021 the PDF Association celebrates PDF’s connection to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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 …
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.