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Unknown PDF characteristics

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Added by Beccy Shipman · last edited by Julie Allinson · on Jul 27, 2011 (view change)

One line summary	PDFs are deposited without full information.
Detailed description	PDFs have been deposited without clear metadata to indicate who created the file, what version the file is, and whether the file is locked for editing.
Issue champion	Bo / Beccy
Possible approaches	JHOVE / PDF Box JPOD Java based open source tools for characterising and manipulating PDF documents.
Context
AQuA Solutions	PDF Characterisation Tool
Collections	Open Access PDFs