The PDF Techniques Accessibility Summit’s objective is to establish a broad-based understanding of how PDF files should be tagged for accessibilty. It’s an opportunity to focus on establishing a common set of examples of accessible PDF content, and identify best-practice when tagging difficult cases.
The PDF Techniques Accessibility Summit will identify best-practices in tagging various cases in PDF documents. Questions to be addressed will likely include: the legal ways to tag a nested list, the correct way to caption multiple images, the appropriate way to organize content within headings.
My hospital emailed me a medical records release form as a PDF. They told me to print it, fill it, sign it, scan it and return it to the medical records department, in that order. In 2018? To get the form via email (i.e., electronically), yet be asked to print it? Did the last 20 years just… not mean anything! So I thought I’d be clever. I’d fill it first, THEN print it. Or better yet, never print it, but sign it anyhow, and return it along with a note making the case for improving their workflow. The story continues…
There are many advantages to PDF Association membership for software publishers, integrators and other implementers, including individual developers.
Organizations join the PDF Association to gain the technical benefits of membership, including Technical Working Groups, direct contact with PDF technology experts, access to draft documents from ISO working groups and the ISO standards development process, the members-only PDF Interoperability Platform Jira, and more.
Many organizations also benefit from non-technical resources such as events and sponsorship opportunities, publications and more. Marketing benefits for organizations include use of the PDF Association’s member logo, placement of company and product information and news on the pdfa.org website, access to members-only sponsorship opportunities, and a variety of other tangible and intangible benefits.
Individual membership is for personal use only, and is not available to employees of an interested organization. Individual members may not share draft documents or other members-only materials with 3rd parties whatsoever.
| Benefits | Individual | Observer | Full | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access to drafts of upcoming ISO standards |  | | | |
| Participate in ISO meetings via the PDF Association's Category A liaison with ISO | | | | |
| Post comments and feature requests to ISO WGs via PDF Association Technical Working Groups | | | | |
| Access to members-only Intranet and mailing-lists | | | | |
| Attend Technical Working Group meetings | | | | |
| Access to the PDF Interoperability Jira | |  | | |
| Voting rights in Technical Working Groups | | | | |
| Voting rights as Partners | | | | |
| Voting rights as Members | | | | |
| 'Observer' discounts on attending PDF Association events | | | | |
| 'Full member' discounts on attending PDF Association events | | | | |
| Share PDF Association resources within your organization | | | | |
| Eligible for Board membership | | | | |
| Benefits | Individual | Observer | Full | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of the PDF Association “member” logo | | | | |
| Company description and links from pdfa.org | | | | |
| Product and/or services listings | | | | |
| Contribute or participate in developing articles on pdfa.org | | | | |
| Sponsorship opportunities at PDF Association events | | | | |
| Other sponsorship opportunities | | | | |
| "PDF features" pages | | | | |
| Publish press-releases, case-studies and white-papers on pdfa.org | | | | |
| Marketing opportunities in regional chapters | | | | |
| Support for organization of in-person and online seminars | | | | |
| First chance at speaking opportunities at others' events | | | | |
| Eligible for Board membership | | | | |
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