<s>
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
(	O
PDF/Universal	O
Accessibility	O
)	O
,	O
formally	O
ISO	B-Protocol
14289	I-Protocol
,	O
is	O
an	O
International	O
Organization	O
for	O
Standardization	O
(	O
ISO	O
)	O
standard	O
for	O
accessible	O
PDF	B-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
technical	O
specification	O
intended	O
for	O
developers	O
implementing	O
PDF	B-Application
writing	O
and	O
processing	O
software	O
,	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
provides	O
definitive	O
terms	O
and	O
requirements	O
for	O
accessibility	O
in	O
PDF	B-Application
documents	I-Application
and	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
those	O
equipped	O
with	O
appropriate	O
software	O
,	O
conformance	O
with	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
ensures	O
accessibility	O
for	O
people	O
with	O
disabilities	O
who	O
use	O
assistive	O
technology	O
such	O
as	O
screen	O
readers	O
,	O
screen	O
magnifiers	O
,	O
joysticks	O
and	O
other	O
technologies	O
to	O
navigate	O
and	O
read	O
electronic	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proposed	O
rule	O
identifies	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
as	O
equivalent	O
to	O
WCAG	O
2.0	O
for	O
"	O
appropriate	O
content	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
is	O
not	O
a	O
separate	O
file-format	O
but	O
simply	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
familiar	O
PDF	B-Application
format	I-Application
invented	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
and	O
now	O
standardized	O
as	O
ISO	B-Application
32000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
requires	O
Tagged	O
PDF	B-Application
(	O
ISO	B-Application
32000-1	I-Application
,	O
14.8	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
adds	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
qualitative	O
requirements	O
,	O
especially	O
regarding	O
semantic	O
correctness	O
of	O
the	O
tags	O
employed	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
complements	O
WCAG	O
2.0	O
,	O
and	O
should	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
make	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
that	O
also	O
conform	O
with	O
WCAG	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2014	O
update	O
to	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
,	O
published	O
in	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
fully	O
accessible	O
standard	O
ISO	O
has	O
ever	O
published	O
;	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
file	I-Application
distributed	O
by	O
ISO	O
itself	O
conforms	O
to	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
formal	O
name	O
of	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
is	O
"	O
ISO	O
14289-1	O
Document	O
management	O
applications	O
--	O
Electronic	O
document	O
file	O
format	O
enhancement	O
for	O
accessibility	O
--	O
Part	O
1	O
:	O
Use	O
of	O
ISO	B-Application
32000-1	I-Application
(	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
-1	O
)	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
specification	O
is	O
written	O
for	O
software	O
developers	O
,	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
support	O
is	O
of	O
interest	O
to	O
persons	O
with	O
disabilities	O
who	O
require	O
or	O
benefit	O
from	O
assistive	O
technology	O
when	O
reading	O
electronic	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
conforming	O
files	O
,	O
readers	O
and	O
assistive	O
technology	O
,	O
users	O
are	O
guaranteed	O
–	O
so	O
far	O
as	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
format	I-Application
itself	O
can	O
provide	O
–	O
equal	O
access	O
to	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
benefits	O
of	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
extend	O
beyond	O
people	O
with	O
disabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
support	O
for	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
,	O
reader	O
software	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
reliably	O
reflow	O
text	O
onto	O
small	O
screens	O
,	O
provide	O
powerful	O
navigation	O
options	O
,	O
transform	O
text	O
appearance	O
,	O
improve	O
search	O
engine	O
functionality	O
,	O
aid	O
in	O
the	O
selection	O
and	O
copying	O
of	O
text	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
project	O
began	O
in	O
2004	O
as	O
an	O
AIIM	O
Standards	O
Committee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
wiki	O
,	O
operated	O
by	O
AIIM	O
,	O
contains	O
agendas	O
,	O
meeting-minutes	O
and	O
public-access	O
documents	O
pertaining	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chaired	O
since	O
2005	O
by	O
Duff	O
Johnson	O
,	O
in	O
2009	O
AIIM	O
's	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
Committee	O
became	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Committee	O
for	O
ISO/AWI	O
(	O
Accepted	O
Work	O
Item	O
)	O
14289	O
with	O
Cherie	O
Ekholm	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
as	O
International	O
Project	O
Leader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO	O
14289-1:2012	O
(	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
)	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
July	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
the	O
US	O
Library	O
of	O
Congress	O
added	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
to	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
archivable	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LoC	O
's	O
guidance	O
states	O
that	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
is	O
"	O
a	O
...	O
preferred	O
format	O
for	O
page-oriented	O
content	O
by	O
the	O
Library	O
of	O
Congress.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
Systems	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
implementer	O
of	O
interactive	O
PDF	B-Application
software	O
,	O
has	O
announced	O
its	O
intention	O
to	O
support	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
AIIM	O
and	O
ANSI	O
published	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
as	O
an	O
American	O
National	O
Standard	O
:	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AIIM	O
's	O
US	O
Committee	O
for	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
has	O
published	O
the	O
following	O
documents	O
in	O
support	O
of	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
:	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
ISO	O
14289-2	O
(	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
-2	O
)	O
is	O
ongoing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
-2	O
will	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
PDF	B-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AIIM	O
's	O
US	O
Committee	O
for	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
led	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
document	O
from	O
2004	O
until	O
2010	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
draft	O
became	O
an	O
ISO	O
NWI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
US	O
and	O
ISO	O
Committees	O
maintain	O
their	O
work	O
on	O
AIIM	O
's	O
PDF	B-Application
Standards	O
wiki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PDF	B-Application
Association	O
helps	O
promote	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
Association	O
created	O
the	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
Competence	O
Center	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
for	O
vendors	O
to	O
develop	O
educational	O
resources	O
and	O
share	O
experiences	O
regarding	O
implementation	O
of	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Matterhorn	O
Protocol	O
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
product	O
of	O
the	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
Competence	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
and	O
2013	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
Association	O
helped	O
raise	O
money	O
and	O
awareness	O
for	O
NV	O
Access	O
's	O
NVDA	B-Language
to	O
further	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
conforming	O
screen	O
reader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2013	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
Association	O
's	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
Competence	O
Center	O
published	O
the	O
Matterhorn	O
Protocol	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
31	O
checkpoints	O
and	O
136	O
failure	O
conditions	O
to	O
help	O
software	O
developers	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
document	O
authors	O
to	O
create	O
fully	O
accessible	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
and	O
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2014	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
Association	O
's	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
Competence	O
Center	O
published	O
the	O
first	O
iteration	O
of	O
the	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
Reference	O
Suite	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
reference-quality	O
documents	O
conforming	O
to	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
-1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2015	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
Association	O
's	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
Competence	O
Center	O
unveiled	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
draft	O
of	O
its	O
Tagged	O
PDF	B-Application
Best	O
Practice	O
Guide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PDF	B-Application
Association	O
conducted	O
numerous	O
educational	O
seminars	O
on	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
throughout	O
Europe	O
,	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Australia	O
in	O
2012	O
and	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
book	O
,	O
"	O
PDF/UA	B-Protocol
in	O
a	O
Nutshell	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
produced	O
in	O
both	O
English	O
and	O
German	O
.	O
</s>
