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iText

characterisation
pdf

Created by Paul Wheatley on Aug 30, 2011 · last edited by Andrew Jackson · on Nov 07, 2013 (view history) · 7 versions

Summary

Purpose	PDF library for manipulation, content extraction and creation
Homepage	http://itextpdf.com/
License	GNU Affero General Public License v3

Description

Quoted from the iText website: "iText ® is a library that allows you to create and manipulate PDF documents. It enables developers looking to enhance web- and other applications with dynamic PDF document generation and/or manipulation."

User Experiences

Applied in an AQuA Mashup to address the preservation Issue: "Unknown PDF characteristics", resulting in the Solution page: "PDF Characterisation Tool".