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Re: PDF Association - New version of Tagged PDF Best Practice Guide: Styles released this week!

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From: chagnon@pubcom.com
Date: Jun 13, 2019 3:03PM

Keep in mind that this particular guide from the PDF Association is NOT
intended for content creators and remediators; it's specifically written for
those who develop software that create accessible PDFs.

In Sec. 2 of the guide, it states:
"Although this document may be useful to technically-inclined authors, it is
not intended as a guide for document authors seeking information on how to
tag PDF files. It does not address WCAG 2.1 or Section 508, but it can be
used to inform activities intended to achieve conformance with such
requirements."

As you read through it, it notes the syntax for specific PDF/UA elements,
but not the tags or tag tree structure.

So it does provide some help for "technically-included authors" and you may
find helpful parts of it, but it does not give the details of how to produce
accessible PDFs for content authors.

Enjoy it!

--Bevi

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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
Philip Kiff
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2019 12:32 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] PDF Association - New version of Tagged PDF Best Practice
Guide: Styles released this week!

Earlier this week, apparently, the PDF Association quietly released a new
(and in my opinion, dramatically updated!) version of their Tagged PDF Best
Practice Guide: Styles document:
https://www.pdfa.org/resource/tagged-pdf-best-practice-guide-syntax/

Public note to Duff Johnson: Hopefully by sharing this on the WebAIM list,
I'm not stealing too much of your thunder about the new release.
Sorry. But it's been up for *days*, and I just found out about it now!

A quick scan tells me that this is a super useful document that will be a
critical resource in my PDF reference material. In fact, I need to share
this immediately with some folks I work with who will soon be compiling an
internal set of best practices for tagging PDFs. Good news can't wait!

Phil.

Philip Kiff
D4K Communications

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