ISO TC 171 SC 2 “PDF Week” – Spring, 2019

In May, 2019 the ISO committees for PDF, PDF/A and PDF/UA, as well as other committees for PDF-related standards, will gather in Toronto, Canada for four days of meetings to advance each of these standards.

The following committees will meet:

ISO 32000 / PDF (WG 8)

Work: To be determined based on the outcome of the Edinburgh, 2018 meetings, but generally, the subject will be the “dated revision” of ISO 32000-2, consideration of new features for a future version of PDF, and related standards.

ISO 14289 / PDF/UA (WG 9)

Work: Continued development of PDF/UA-2, looking in particular towards leveraging ISO 32000-2’s dated revision. A DIS ballot is possible, if unlikely, as a product of the Toronto meeting.

ISO 19005 / PDF/A (WG 5)

Work: To be determined based on the results from Edinburgh. A DIS ballot will likely await the dated revision of PDF 2.0.

“PDF/R” (PDF/raster) (WG 8)

Work: This document is now in the regular ISO procedure, and will get its second review in Toronto, if a DIS is not achieved in Edinburgh.

Attending the meetings

The meetings will be held in Toronto, Canada. Teleconference access will also be provided.

PDF Association members who wish to attend should contact the PDF Association’s Liaison Officer, Dietrich von Seggern, directly for accreditation via the PDF Association’s liaison with ISO TC 171 SC 2.

For those who participate via their respective country’s TC 171 member body organization, you must be accredited and entered into ISO’s Global Database prior to attending. Contact Betsy Fanning at the 3D PDF Consortium (secretariat for ISO TC 171 SC 2) for more information.