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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Feb 21, 2015 3:13AM

You can find am introduction to PDF/UA, called "PDF/UA in a nutshell", on the website of the PDF Association at:

PDF/UA in a Nutshell | PDF Association
http://www.pdfa.org/publication/pdfua-in-a-nutshell/

The download link for the "PDF/UA in a nutshell" PDF is at the bottom of that page.


If you wanted to get a feel for PDF/UA conforming documents, there are a couple of decent example documents in the form of the "PDF/UA Reference Suite" (as a free download) at

PDF/UA Reference Suite | PDF Association
http://www.pdfa.org/publication/pdfua-reference-suite/


In case you really wanted to drill down into the rules that make PDF/UA what it is, in a form that is still relatively formal and technical, but not as dense as the ISO standard itself, have a look at the Matterhorn protocol:

The Matterhorn Protocol 1.02 | PDF Association
http://www.pdfa.org/publication/the-matterhorn-protocol-1/


Olaf


On 20 Feb 2015, at 21:33, Jon Metz < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Lucy,
>
> The term, "Accessible PDF", is left up to interpretation. Some view this as
> simply having a tagged PDF. Others argue that it has something to do with
> the Reading Order pane of Acrobat. Still others insist that the only way to
> do it is to simply rely on Microsoft Word or InDesign to magically create
> one for you. Regardless, it's anyone's guess as to what it is.
>
> ISO 14289 is a standard by which people can agree that certain provisions
> will be met to ensure that a PDF is accessible according to the
> capabilities of ISO 32000 (which governs PDF). It basically says, these are
> all the things we're committing our PDFs to do and when we use technology
> that conforms to those standards, then we can assume it'll work
> appropriately.
>
> So, because Accessible PDF is an opinion of the amount of work it takes to
> make something like that accessible and PDF UA is an agreement between a
> file and conforming reader of that filetype, then yes it is more accessible.
>
> Jon Metz
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> OK after reading through the thread about the 508 refresh i think i need a
>> clarification. could some one please explain the difference between pdf and
>> pdf UA and is UA really more accessible then PDF.
>> i have not delved in to the UA pdf before as its out of my scope but maybe
>> i need to smile Lucy
>> Lucia Greco
>> Web Accessibility Evangelist
>> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
>> University of California, Berkeley
>> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
>> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
>> Follow me on twitter @accessaces
>> >> >> >>
> > >