WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: PDF/UA now a US National Standard, available for $15

for

From: Duff Johnson
Date: Mar 29, 2016 12:39PM

ISO standards, with very few exceptions, are not free.


> On Mar 29, 2016, at 14:31, J. Albert Bowden < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> this is a joke right?
> an international standard that you have to pay to access?
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Duff Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Friends,
>
> I apologize for the cross-posting.
>
> PDF/UA is now a US National Standard in addition to an ISO specification. This new US edition is available directly from AIIM for $15. AIIM Professional members may download it for free.
>
> Learn more:
>
> AIIM press-release:
>
> http://www.aiim.org/About/News/PDF-Accessibility-Standard
>
> PDF Association article:
>
> http://www.pdfa.org/2016/03/pdfua-becomes-a-us-national-standard/
>
> The document's no more readable than before (it's the same highly technical content as the ISO original)… but it is much cheaper!
>
> All the best,
>
> Duff Johnson
>
> PDF Association Executive Director
> ISO 32000 (PDF) Intl. Project Co-Leader, US Chair
> ISO 14289 (PDF/UA) Intl. Project Co-Leader, US Chair
> Independent Consultant
>
> p +1.617.283.4226
> e <EMAIL REMOVED>
> w http://duff-johnson.com
> l http://www.linkedin.com/in/duffjohnson/
>
> At the PDF Association...
>
> e <EMAIL REMOVED>
> w http://www.pdfa.org
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> J. Albert Bowden II
>
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>
> http://bowdenweb.com/
>