RESOURCE
Tagged PDF Best Practice Guide: Syntax
A publication of the PDF/UA Technical Working Group, this document is intended for developers implementing tagged PDF and PDF/UA. Others (including authors with some technical knowledge of PDF’s accessibility mechanisms) may also benefit from this document.
Contents include:
- General provisions
- Forward-looking guidance for PDF 2.0
- Guidance for each standard structure type defined in PDF 1.7
- Guidance on the use of attributes and properties defined in PDF 1.7
- Text characteristics
- Other features of PDF
This guide may also be useful for those performing detailed accessibility testing on:
- PDF documents claiming conformance with PDF/UA, or
- PDF documents claiming to be accessible according to some other specification.
Keep in mind that as of today most PDF documents do not follow these recommendations.
Comments?
If you have a comment please open an issue in the PDF Association’s report-an-issue GitHub repo.
RESOURCE INFO
Originally published by the PDF Association in 2019 and updated July 26, 2023 with corrections to the document’s tags to meet current best-practice.
Community: PDF/UA TWG