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| PDF Association // April 22, 2021 |
The Matterhorn Protocol, a free publication, identifies all possible ways to fail PDF/UA-1.
| February 14, 2021 |
Understanding the problems faced by diverse parsers can be a great learning experience. The “Issue Tracker” corpus of stressful PDF files was originally developed under the DARPA-funded “SafeDocs” program.
| September 16, 2020 |
The PDF/UA Reference Suite is a resource for software developers and practitioners interested in best-practices for creating tagged and accessible PDF files
| June 5, 2017 |
veraPDF is the industry-supported open-source validator for PDF/A-1, PDF.A-2 and PDF/A-3. The software was developed under the supervision of the PDF Association’s PDF Validation Technical Working Group. As of 2021 the PDF/A TWG continues to set policy for the test …
| September 1, 2013 |
The Cal Poly Graphic Communications PDF/VT Test File Suite provides a collection of four sets of graphically-rich, robust, valid PDF/VT files for testing and demonstrating products claiming support of consumption of files conforming to the ISO 16612-2 PDF/VT standard. The PDF Association …
| August 23, 2011 |
The Isartor Test Suite is named after the location of the first meeting of the Technical Working Group, a medieval gate towards the river Isar in the center of Munich/Germany. This test suite comprises a set of files which can …
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