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The PDF Association staff delivers a vendor-neutral platform for PDF's stakeholders, facilitating the development of open specifications and ISO standards for PDF technology. The staff are located in Germany, the United States and Australia. Staff members include:  

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PDF Association news June 12, 2024
Private data is everywhere is in almost every broadly-adopted file format. This Application Note answers questions about private data in … Read more
PDF in the Wild May 23, 2024
Microsoft deepens its investment in Tagged PDF. We talked PDF with NISO. Both Android and iOS improve PDF handling. A … Read more
PDF Association news May 23, 2024
While PDF/X establishes rules for representing page content for print purposes, it doesn’t describe the specific requirements of the finished … Read more
Announcement, PDF Association news May 17, 2024
The latest ISO Extension to PDF 2.0 offers backwards-compatible integrity protection via Message Authentication Code (MAC).
PDF Association news May 1, 2024
The second PDF Week event of 2024 arrives May 6-10 in Tokyo! Members can attend remotely if they cannot join … Read more
PDF in the Wild April 25, 2024
Hugging Face.AI examines PDF. New PDF support in Android. Google reinvents a 31 year-old PDF feature. FireFox wants you to … Read more
Announcement April 23, 2024
A new ISO extension to PDF 2.0 adds PDF support for the Khronos Group’s glTF 3D format.
PDF Association news March 26, 2024
Authoritative answers to common questions about Tagged PDF, WTPDF and PDF/UA.
Announcement March 15, 2024
Based on WTPDF, ISO 14289-2 serves to assure institutions that the PDF Association’s requirements for creating and validating accessible PDF … Read more
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