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PDF Association

Field	Value
name	PDF Association
logo	PDF Association logo.svg
abbreviation	PDFa
predecessor	PDF/A Competence Center
formation
type	Registered association
purpose	Portable Document Format Standardization
headquarters	Berlin, Germany
region_served	International
membership	150 members in ~30 countries
leader_title	Executive Director
leader_name	Duff Johnson
main_organ	Board of Directors
website

The PDF Association promotes the adoption and use of International Standards related to PDF technology by assisting enterprise content management (ECM), document management system (DMS) and advanced PDF users with the implementation of PDF technology on an organizational level. In order to assist companies in making the most of PDF technology, the PDF Association provides organizations with information and resources on the variety of International Standards available for PDF.

Mission

The PDF Association's stated mission is to promote Open Standards-based electronic document implementations using PDF technology through education, expertise and shared experience for stakeholders worldwide.

Membership

PDF Association membership is open to any company or individual wishing to be involved. There are tiered fees depending on the size of the company.

History

Established in 2006 as an initiative of the Association for Digital Document Standards (ADDS), and known then as the PDF/A Competence Center (PDFACC), the organization's primary focus was to promote awareness and standards-compliant implementation of PDF/A technology.

In 2011 the PDFACC expanded its scope to cover all of PDF technology and became the PDF Association. Members hail from over 20 countries around the world. PDF Association chapters can be found in Australia, Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, North America, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland, and United Kingdom, among others.

References

"PDF Association Imprint". PDF Association.
"PDF Association". PDF Association.
"Member benefits – PDF Association".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200930021152/https://planetpdf.com/this-week-in-pdf-pdf-association-announced/ "This Week in PDF: PDF Association Announced"]. Planet PDF. Archived from [https://pdfguru.com/merge-pdf the original] on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
"PDF/A Competence Center Expands to PDF Association to Cover ALL Open International Standards for PDF!". PDF Association.
"PDF Association Local Contacts". PDF Association.

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