PDF Association
{{Infobox organization
| name = PDF Association
| logo = PDF Association logo.svg
| abbreviation = PDFa
| predecessor = PDF/A Competence Center
| formation = {{start date and age|2006}}
| type = Registered association{{cite web|title=PDF Association Imprint|url=https://www.pdfa.org/imprint|publisher=PDF Association|accessdate=17 November 2021}}
| 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 = {{URL|https://www.pdfa.org}}
}}
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.{{cite web|title=PDF Association|url=https://www.pdfa.org/member/pdf-association/ |publisher=PDF Association|accessdate=12 January 2012}}
Mission
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.[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.
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.{{cite web|title=PDF/A Competence Center Expands to PDF Association to Cover ALL Open International Standards for PDF!|url=https://www.pdfa.org/pdfa-competence-center-expands-to-pdf-association-to-cover-all-open-international-standards-for-pdf/|publisher=PDF Association|accessdate=13 February 2019}} PDF Association chapters can be found in Australia, Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, North America, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland, and United Kingdom, among others.{{cite web|title=PDF Association Local Contacts|url=https://www.pdfa.org/local-contacts/|publisher=PDF Association|accessdate=13 February 2019}}