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PDF Creator Validator (Issue)

Created by René Mittå on Sep 02, 2014 · last edited by René Mittå · on Sep 02, 2014 (view history) · 2 versions

Title	The Issue title or short description. This should be the same text as the title of the page! Keep it short, but make it descriptive so that other people can get the gist of what your issue is about, just from the title.
Detailed description	The solution compares the results of PDF/A format identification and validation according to Apache pdfbox Preflight, groups error messages basic groups (1. Syntax Error, 2, Graphic Error, 3. Font Error, 4. Transparency Error, 5. Annotation Error, 6. Action Error, 7. Metadata Error). The output will be put in csv file for further processing, contains Filename, Creation SW, Fileformat version, Fileformat validation result (valid/invalid) and all errors sorted by groups.
Issue champion	Yvonne Friese
Other interested parties	Any other parties who are also interested in applying Issue Solutions to their Datasets.
Possible Solution approaches	Brief brainstorm of possible approaches to solving the Issue. Each approach should be described in a single sentence as part of a bulleted list. Further detail can go in a dedicated Solution page.
Context	Details of the institutional context to the Issue.
Lessons Learned	Notes on Lessons Learned from tackling this Issue that might be useful to inform digital preservation best practice .
Datasets	Reference to the appropriate Dataset page, by hyperlink. Note that all Issues *MUST* be linked to at least one Dataset!
Solutions	Reference to the appropriate Solution page(s), by hyperlink.