veraPDF 0.10 now available
March 7, 2016
Release 0.10 includes a substantially improved CLI, an initial set of PDF/A-2 test files, and more.
About Duff Johnson
As CEO, Duff coordinates industry activities and promotes the advancement and adoption of PDF technology worldwide.
The veraPDF conformance checker for PDF/A, the project to create purpose-built, industry-accepted validation software and test files for all parts and conformance levels of PDF/A, continues to advance with its latest release.
New features in 0.10
Conformance checker:
- new implementation of the XMP validation
- proper CharSet / CIDSet validation
Command line interface (CLI):
- processes stdin if no file paths are supplied for use in *nix pipes;
- directory and recursive sub-directory processing; and
- text mode output with summarized output
veraPDF test corpus:
- initial set of PDF/A-2 test files
Fixes
Conformance checker:
- fixed CMap / WMode validation
- minor fixes in PDF/A-2b and PDF/A-3b validation profiles
- based on a PDF Validation TWG resolution, fixed validation normal appearance object type (Dict vs Stream) for Button widgets
Command line fixes:
- - all CLI output for a single file now in one XML document; and
- - error output now all to stderr, keeping stdin clean
The release is available for download from: http://verapdf.org/software/