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Developed by the LaTeX Project LWG, this guide provides critical recommendations for authors and publishers to ensure complex mathematical and … Read more

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Different PDF SDKs can produce inconsistent validation results due to hidden assumptions and simplified APIs, making careful API selection essential … Read more

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Member News May 11, 2026

Coherent PDF Command Line Tools (Cpdf) version 2.9 brings new functions to detect and remove JavaScript, create PDF portfolios, reprocess … Read more

Member News May 11, 2026

Auto-tagging plays a critical role in making PDFs accessible. Without tags, a PDF is just visually positioned text. Assistive technologies … Read more

Member News May 11, 2026

Public authorities in Germany are failing on PDF accessibility. A new study finds that only 9.5% of documents on public … Read more

Member News May 11, 2026

Continual Engine shares perspectives on how publishers are transitioning from fragmented remediation efforts to scalable accessibility infrastructure ahead of evolving … Read more

Member News May 7, 2026

iLovePDF‘s new AI Summarizer turns long PDFs into short, structured summaries in seconds, with adjustable length and processing depth for … Read more

Member News May 6, 2026

A release that opens up even more to the business world, with improvements in support for validation, digital signatures and … Read more

Member News May 4, 2026

KDAN PDF launches its re-engineered Mac version featuring a new performance-driven engine that delivers 2X faster speeds and seamless continuity … Read more

Member News May 4, 2026

callas software today announced the release of pdfToolbox 17, the newest version of its flagship product line

Member News April 30, 2026

This iText by Apryse release greatly improves PDF accessibility and reuse. PDF/UA creation now includes automatic color contrast checks and … Read more

Article April 30, 2026

PDF/UA and WCAG are two essential accessibility standards that serve different purposes. Since each standard addresses a different layer of … Read more

Member News April 29, 2026

The new TDM Reserve PDF API provides a standardized, machine-readable way for content owners to formally opt out of AI … Read more

Community April 28, 2026

This community is open to all members of the PDF Association who have GitHub access.

Home of the worldwide
PDF technical community


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Our mission Delivering a vendor-neutral platform for developing open specifications and standards for PDF technology.
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Our vision Driving the world’s digital document format into the 21st century and beyond.
 

Featured News


April 2026 by PDF Association staff
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Developed by the LaTeX Project LWG, this guide provides critical recommendations for authors and publishers to ensure complex mathematical and … Read more

PDF Association news

April 2026 by Peter Wyatt
Peter Wyatt
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Different PDF SDKs can produce inconsistent validation results due to hidden assumptions and simplified APIs, making careful API selection essential … Read more

Article

March 2026 by PDF Association staff
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This FAQ is designed to educate journalists, social media commentators and others lacking expertise in PDF technology on why and … Read more

PDF Association news

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What's happening on pdfa.org

What's happening on pdfa.org



Member News May 11, 2026

Coherent PDF Command Line Tools (Cpdf) version 2.9 brings new functions to detect and remove JavaScript, create PDF portfolios, reprocess … Read more

Member News May 11, 2026

Auto-tagging plays a critical role in making PDFs accessible. Without tags, a PDF is just visually positioned text. Assistive technologies … Read more

Member News May 11, 2026

Public authorities in Germany are failing on PDF accessibility. A new study finds that only 9.5% of documents on public … Read more

Member News May 11, 2026

Continual Engine shares perspectives on how publishers are transitioning from fragmented remediation efforts to scalable accessibility infrastructure ahead of evolving … Read more

Member News May 7, 2026

iLovePDF‘s new AI Summarizer turns long PDFs into short, structured summaries in seconds, with adjustable length and processing depth for … Read more

Member News May 6, 2026

A release that opens up even more to the business world, with improvements in support for validation, digital signatures and … Read more

Member News May 4, 2026

KDAN PDF launches its re-engineered Mac version featuring a new performance-driven engine that delivers 2X faster speeds and seamless continuity … Read more

Member News May 4, 2026

callas software today announced the release of pdfToolbox 17, the newest version of its flagship product line

Member News April 30, 2026

This iText by Apryse release greatly improves PDF accessibility and reuse. PDF/UA creation now includes automatic color contrast checks and … Read more

Article April 30, 2026

PDF/UA and WCAG are two essential accessibility standards that serve different purposes. Since each standard addresses a different layer of … Read more

Member News April 29, 2026

The new TDM Reserve PDF API provides a standardized, machine-readable way for content owners to formally opt out of AI … Read more

Member News April 27, 2026

UPDF iOS 2.5.2 introduces direct access to enterprise files on mobile, allowing users to open PDFs from company drives, NAS, … Read more

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