The PDF Association, www.pdfa.org
The PDF Association is a global industry initiative for solutions
based on PDF technology; organisations that work with
PDF in document management systems (DMS) and
electronic content management (ECM), interested individuals,
and users who want to implement PDF technology
in their organisations.
Founded in 2006 the PDF Association is today an international
specifications and standards development organization promoting
awareness, understanding, adoption and implementation of
open standards in applications using PDF technology.
Note:
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is ISO Standard since 2008:
Portable Document Format (PDF) on Wikipedia
- PDF is since 2008 further developed by
PDF Association in collaboration with ISO.
The PDF technology is thus not owned by Adobe Systems.
Adobe is still an important participator in the development of PDF,
but now as peer contributor and member of the PDF Association.
PDF Association Vision Statement
"Driving the world’s digital document format, PDF,
into the 21st century and beyond".
PDF Association Mission Statement
"Delivering a vendor-neutral platform for developing
open specifications and standards for PDF technology".
PDF Association Activities
The activities of the PDF Association include
education and promotion of ISO 32000
(the international standard for PDF / Portable Document Format),
as well as substandards PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/UA, PDF/VT and PDF/X.
PDF Association works closely with ISO and AIIM
on the development of future PDF standards.
PDF Association facilitates networking and communication,
and the sharing of expertise and experience with interested
parties worldwide, and includes over 150 organisations and
numerous individual subject-matter experts from
more than 35 countries.
- Developers
use the PDF Association to improve and extend their
PDF software, to share knowledge and experience
with PDF technology.
- Decision-makers
use the PDF Association to learn about the role and
capabilities of PDF and PDF’s subset standards in ECM
and other electronic document applications.
- End-users
benefit from improved reliability, quality and functionality and
interoperability in their experience of electronic documents.
The Board represents a diverse range of companies in
the PDF technology space, including those providing
desktop software, cloud services, business applications,
software toolkits, services and more.
The Board includes several direct competitors,
highlighting the importance of cooperation in an industry
where interoperability, attention to standards,
is the foundation of the value proposition of PDF technology.
The management board includes industry leaders from
Adobe Systems Inc., Apryse, Calico France, callas software,
Datalogics, Dual Lab, Foxit Software, Nitro Software Inc, and
the ISO 32000 Project (the core PDF standard).
The association’s Chair is Raf Hens, VP Engineering, Apryse.
The association’s Vice Chair is Dietrich von Seggern,
Managing Director, callas software, and
ISO Liaison Officer at the PDF Association.
The association’s Chief Executive Officer is Duff Johnson.
The association’s Chief Technology Officer is Peter Wyatt.
The association’s Chief Financial Officer is Matthias Wagner.
The Association's Director of Standards is Betsy Fanning.
Adobe Systems is represented by the board member
Leonard Rosenthal,
Chief Architect, Adobe Intelligence Platform at Adobe
(earlier Senior Principal Architect, PDF & Document Cloud).
PDF Association Lifetime Member (2016):
Olaf Drümmer, a.k.a. "Professor of PDF", callas software GmbH.
Kent Åberg, Founder & Managing Director of NewFormat AB,
is Liaison of PDF Association Scandinavia Chapter.
