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<h2 id="mission">Mission</h2> <p>The PDF Association's stated mission is to promote Open Standards-based electronic document implementations using PDF technology through education, expertise and shared experience for stakeholders worldwide.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> PDF Association chapters can be found in Australia, <a href="/facts/Benelux/nWQHWmFc">Benelux</a>, France, Germany, Italy, North America, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland, and United Kingdom, among others.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/International_Organization_for_Standardization/IacYR7Yg">International Organization for Standardization</a> (ISO)</li> <li><a href="/facts/American_National_Standards_Institute/p3d1TQCb">American National Standards Institute</a> (ANSI)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"PDF Association". PDF Association. Retrieved 12 January 2012. <a href="https://www.pdfa.org/member/pdf-association/" target="_blank">https://www.pdfa.org/member/pdf-association/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"PDF Association". PDF Association. Retrieved 12 January 2012. <a href="https://www.pdfa.org/member/pdf-association/" target="_blank">https://www.pdfa.org/member/pdf-association/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"This Week in PDF: PDF Association Announced". Planet PDF. Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 23 February 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200930021152/https://planetpdf.com/this-week-in-pdf-pdf-association-announced/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200930021152/https://planetpdf.com/this-week-in-pdf-pdf-association-announced/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"PDF/A Competence Center Expands to PDF Association to Cover ALL Open International Standards for PDF!". PDF Association. Retrieved 13 February 2019. <a href="https://www.pdfa.org/pdfa-competence-center-expands-to-pdf-association-to-cover-all-open-international-standards-for-pdf/" target="_blank">https://www.pdfa.org/pdfa-competence-center-expands-to-pdf-association-to-cover-all-open-international-standards-for-pdf/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"PDF Association Local Contacts". PDF Association. Retrieved 13 February 2019. <a href="https://www.pdfa.org/local-contacts/" target="_blank">https://www.pdfa.org/local-contacts/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>