Some Lessons on JDF --Waldman

Actually, Adobe, Agfa, Heidelberg and MAN Roland realized that for JDF to work as intended, it couldn't be their exclusive property; that would create a counter-productive, proprietary situation. So they gave it to CIP4, an international operating standards body located in Switzerland, to ensure that all would be able to capitalize on the critically important benefits of JDF and guide it to become a truly universal format.