Working group formed to develop standard for AI-native docs
LF AI & Data Foundation, a division of the Linux Foundation, launched a working group on Tuesday that will focus on the development of DocLang, a specification intended to support interoperable document processing across AI and agentic workflows. The working group, founded by premier members IBM, Nvidia and Red Hat, is tasked with the creation of an open, universal, AI-native document format designed to improve how enterprises prepare, exchange, and govern document data for AI systems. Contributors ABBYY and Human Signal will also be involved in its development. The announcement stated, “enterprises today work across a fragmented landscape of document formats, including PDFs, JPEGs, and other file types built primarily for human consumption rather than AI interpretation.” As organizations increasingly rely on generative AI and agentic systems, it said, “this disconnect can introduce complexity, raise costs, and reduce reliability when extracting meaning from business documents.” Mark C