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November 10, 2017

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Our API can easily verify a PDF against a number of profiles, including all the current variations of PDF/A and PDF/UA.

 width=On our public service blog-post we've turned that into an online service: drag a PDF file onto the box, and optionally select which profiles you would like to verify the file against. If the PDF claims to match one or more particular profiles, we'll test those automatically.

Try it: http://bfo.com/blog/2017/11/08/verify_pdfa_online/

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BFO is a pioneer and industry veteran in developing APIs for seamlessly working with PDF documents and graphs. Established in 1998, BFO proudly serves clients across 50 countries, including organizations such as Boeing, Harvard University, JPMorgan Chase, Roche, HSBC, Toyota, and the US Department of Energy. Products PDF Library Publisher…

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