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ISO Standards: Update from Bellevue

PDF Association | January 24, 2012

The twice-annual PDF Standards Week for the winter of 2011-2012 was hosted by Microsoft in their Bravern facility in Bellevue, Washington during the first week of December, 2011. Present to conduct the meetings were delegates from Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, South Africa, the UK and the US. This article summarizes developments in Bellevue. [...]

PDF Week Begins

PDF Association | December 5, 2011

PDF Week, the twice yearly meeting in which members of several PDF ISO committees determine the future of the standards, begins today. PDF, PDF/A, PDF/UA, PDF/E are all on the agenda and more news will be coming soon. [...]

PDF Week (Winter, 2011)

PDF Association | November 27, 2011

Come one, come all to PDF Week, this time in Bellevue, Washington. [...]

What’s PDF Week?

PDF Association | October 30, 2011

“PDF week” is an informal name for a meeting of ISO Committees that operate and develop several international standards for everyone’s favorite file format. These meetings generally happen twice a year and are the opportunity to decide the future course of standards related to PDF. Are you interested in attending the meeting? [...]

PDF Week in Ottawa

PDF Standards – How They Happen

PDF Association | December 3, 2010

At our 2010 Ottawa conference, I’m struck by the range of issues before these Committees and the dedication of the people who manage the PDF format. PDF is clever enough to accommodate the wide range of purposes confronting any electronic replacement for paper. You’ll find PDFs everywhere – from Navy ships to clinical trials to printing presses to corporate and government websites. The format’s breadth and depth of features is a testimony to its status as one of the most horizontal of end-user technologies. [...]