A veteran of the electronic document technology space, Duff has founded and led several software and services businesses in the electronic document industry since 1996. As CEO of the PDF Association Duff coordinates a wide variety of industry activities, represents industry stakeholders in a variety of settings and promotes the advancement and adoption of ISO-standardized PDF technology worldwide. Duff also serves in technical roles as ISO Project co-Leader and US TAG chair for ISO 32000 (the PDF specification) and as ISO Project Leader for ISO 14289 (PDF/UA). He is currently the US Head of Delegation to ISO TC 171 SC 2. He can be reached at duff.johnson@pdfa.org.
A veteran of the electronic document technology space, Duff has founded and led several software and services businesses in the electronic document industry since 1996. As CEO of the PDF Association Duff coordinates a wide variety of industry activities, represents industry stakeholders in a variety of settings and promotes the advancement and adoption of ISO-standardized PDF technology worldwide. Duff also serves in technical roles as ISO Project co-Leader and US TAG chair for ISO 32000 (the PDF specification) and as ISO Project Leader for ISO 14289 (PDF/UA). He is currently the US Head of Delegation to ISO TC 171 SC 2. He can be reached at duff.johnson@pdfa.org.
A new resource collating all ISO groups and currently active work items related to PDF has been developed. Based on public information, this summary is invaluable for all PDF developers to ensure awareness of forthcoming …
When people talk to me about PDF technology they are generally pretty happy about it. End users feel that they can really understand PDF; it works exactly as you’d expect digital paper to work; simple, …
“I’m sorry, Derek, but, now that Kelsey has learned how to convert JPEGs into PDFs, we can’t justify keeping you on.”
On World Standards Day 2021 the PDF Association celebrates PDF’s connection to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Our Executive Director Duff Johnson gives some personally information about his experience with the “PDF universe” and much more.
Session Description: Everyone understands paper’s features, and how it “works”. For PDF, “full-function” isn’t really defined. 4 PDF experts will discuss under moderation from Duff Johnson, Executive Director of the PDF Association, how to encourage …
The Associated Files feature allows PDF 2.0 writers to provide additional information related to a PDF 2.0 object in a standardized and interoperable machine-readable manner.