PDF Association Newsletter: Issue 28

PDF Association | May 15, 2013

CONTENTS TECHNICAL CONFERENCE EUROPE 2013 EVENTS NEW MEMBERS Dear Readers, PDF is celebrating its 20th birthday this year – in some countries this is the [...]

techconf2013eu

Technical Conference 2013 provides a 360° view of the current state of PDF standards

PDF Association | April 10, 2013

The PDF Association’s second Technical Conference will take place from the 18th to the 19th of June 2013. This year, the conference will take place in Königswinter, near Bonn / Germany. [...]

techconf2013eu

Technical Conference Europe 2013 · June 18-19, 2013 · Königswinter, Germany

PDF Association | March 1, 2013

The Technical Conference Europe 2013 covers technical topics around PDF and related ISO standards and technologies. With a technical audience in mind – developers, technical product managers as well as technical decision makers – the conference provides an update on the latest developments in the world of PDF, and at the same time offers a platform for discussions and networking. [...]

PDF/A and the other PDF standards

Alexandra Oettler | February 7, 2013

Specialist ISO standards based on the Portable Document Format are available for a wide range of purposes. [...]

Proceedings PDFA Conference 2009

Proceedings 2009 – 3rd International PDF/A Conference in Berlin

PDF Association | September 3, 2012

In Summer 2009 the 3rd International PDF/A Conference took place in Berlin. This is a compilation of all articles and presentations [...]

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7 minutes with a PDF standard – Eight short presentations by seven speakers

PDF/A Competence Center | June 3, 2012

Learn what you really should know about PDF standards, and have fun. [...]

Technical Conference 2012 of the PDF Association · March 27-28, 2012 · Basel, Switzerland

PDF Association | February 29, 2012

The PDF Association invites its members to attend the Technical Conference 2012, to be held March 27-28, 2012 in Basel (Switzerland). [...]

The Best of Both Worlds: AFP or PDF?

Compart | October 25, 2011

AFP or PDF? Opinions differ on which data format is better for output management. Considering its “triumph” in electronic data exchange, the Portable Document Format (PDF) is often viewed as irreplaceable, but numerous special versions have become ISO standards – such as in archiving (PDF/A), digital prepress (PDF/X) and engineering (PDF/E) – with others waiting in the wings. PDF is also increasingly popular as an exchange format in healthcare and variable transaction output. No surprise there – PDF has real benefits. Having emerged from the widely used PostScript page description language, it offers the best properties of vector graphics, which are better than in AFP. PDF also has many extra functions: direct access to pages, compression, and interactive navigation. [...]

PDF/A Competence Center Expands to PDF Association to Cover ALL Open International Standards for PDF!

PDF Association | September 21, 2011

The PDF/A Competence Center is now part of a larger organization dedicated to promoting International Standards for PDF. As the PDF Association, numerous world-leading companies and experts in PDF technology will exchange information and experiences about all PDF standards, including PDF/A, PDF/VT, PDF/UA and more. [...]

PDF/A Competence Center Newsletter: Issue 20

PDF/A Competence Center | January 1, 2011

Topics include the PDF/A Competence Center extending its range at CeBIT and PDF/A around the world. Technically the PDF/A standard is very much a global truth. But the way different companies, associations and governments decide to use the standard differs substantially and that is reflected in how quickly and thoroughly the ISO standard is adopted locally. In most projects around the wold people remain very focused on the archival side of the problem and miss other opportunities as a result. What are you missing? [...]