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We analyzed PDF/UA-1 validation results across multiple commonly used tools using 155 reference files. This article shares key observations to help practitioners … Read more

Developers rarely ask about PDF standards upfront, until an accessibility audit fails or a government contract demands it. By then, the cost … Read more

We report on the technical aspects of the PDF files released by the US Department of Justice in connection with the Epstein … Read more

I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and CoPilot about PDF’s future. They agree that PDF isn’t fading – it’s becoming infrastructure.

Starting In 2025, the three most significant ISO standardized subsets of PDF – PDF/A, PDF/X, and PDF/UA – are now managed by … Read more

Developers evaluating HTML to PDF libraries have specific compliance and accessibility requirements. Sales teams who understand PDF/UA and PDF/A can engage consultatively, … Read more

An initiative to translate PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2) into Chinese aims to expand digital document interoperability and advance the PDF ecosystem with … Read more

Understanding how URLs can exist and behave in PDF/A files is critical to preservationists who need to identify, audit, and manage external … Read more

The global digital preservation community will come together on Thursday, November 6, 2025 to celebrate #WDPD2025 under the theme “Why Preserve?” Learn how you can … Read more

The PDF industry is preparing for the quantum era by adopting post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards. Following key developments at PDF Days 2025, … Read more

ISO standardized subsets of PDF, such as PDF/UA, enable files to claim conformance to a specific version of PDF/UA using XMP-based PDF/UA … Read more

According to Board chair Raf Hens: “The event showcased what makes the PDF ecosystem unique: a standards-driven, industry-wide collaboration where vendors, implementers, … Read more

This article is written from my perspective as a lifelong software engineer and current CTO who codes differently – first because I … Read more

We were asked to investigate non-functional internal document (intra-document) hyperlinks in PDFs stored on Google Drive and viewed with Google’s Preview. Here’s … Read more

Experience since PDF/UA-1 was published has revealed that some rules were too prescriptive. In some situations the semantic significance of an image … Read more

PDF has long relied on Flate for general-purpose data compression. Today, Brotli has emerged as a promising new approach that could significantly … Read more

This article explains the options in allowing, limiting, and/or preventing data scraping from occurring when AI and text data mining tools are … Read more

In support of the International Archives Week theme and its four subthemes, the PDF Association is announcing its forthcoming Best Practice Guide … Read more