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What Is PDF/UA?

PDF/UA is the ISO family of standards for universally accessible PDF, defining requirements that make PDF content more reliably interpretable by assistive technology.

Short answer

PDF/UA is the ISO family of standards for universally accessible PDF, defining requirements that make PDF content more reliably interpretable by assistive technology.

What this means

PDF/UA focuses on the internal semantics and structure of a PDF—such as tagged content, logical relationships, language, and accessible representations—rather than only how the page looks visually.

PDF/UA-1

ISO 14289-1 is the original PDF/UA standard and remains an existing standard.

PDF/UA-2

ISO 14289-2:2024 defines PDF/UA-2 for PDF 2.0.

Relationship to WCAG

PDF/UA is PDF-specific; WCAG is technology-neutral accessibility guidance and is referenced by many policies and regulations.

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