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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. [...]
Professional Association Expands to Cover All PDF Standards
The PDF/A CC’s organizers have introduced an overarching body, the PDF Association. The PDF/A CC will continue to exist beneath/within the PDF Association alongside sister CCs focused on other PDF standards, such as PDF/VT (ISO 16612) for variable data printing and PDF/UA (expected to become ISO 14289 in 2012) for accessibility. There will also be a Competence Center for PDF itself (ISO 32000). [...]
PDF Is Dead, Long Live PDF/A
As far as the U.S. Courts are concerned, PDF is on life support, says DocsCorp. The company is offering a webinar on PDF/A on April 29, 2011 for firms to learn to create documents that comply with court requirements In its posting on the Legal IT Professionals website, DocsCorp says, “Many courts have announced that law firms can now file case documents with the CM/ECF in PDF/A, while others such as the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh has stated that ‘ALL Court ECF filings uploaded on or after January 1, 2012, MUST be in PDF/A format.’” [...]