veraPDF 1.14 released

The Open Preservation Foundation, a PDF Association liaison member, has announced the 1.14 release of the open source, industry-supported PDF/A validator, part of OPF's reference toolset.

The latest release includes bug fixes, feature requests and performance enhancements, including the latest resolutions from the PDF Association's PDF Validation Technical Working Group.

Download veraPDF 1.14, read the release notes., and review the user guides and documentation. To report issues or request new features please use GitHub's issue tracker.

Release notes include the following:

Applications

• fixed installer CLI args not forwarded [#apps-253], [#iss-1021]
• fixed Java 11 XML bind dependencies [#apps-254], [#iss-986]
• command line application termination codes [#apps-255], [#apps-256], [#iss-841]
• all jars and applications signed [#iss-603]

PDF model

• added processColor link for PDDeviceN [#mod-168], [#iss-902]

PDF parser

• fixed XRefStream handling for trailers [#par-359]
• fixed space skipping afer RD for type1 [#par-360], [#par-361]
• fixed various issues with AES decryption [#par-362], [#par-364], [#par-365]
• fixed font encoding issue [#par-363]
• fixed buffered in filter and COSStream problems [#par-366]
• fixed SOF exception for colorspaces [#par-368]
• fixed date parser issue [#par-368]
• fixed creation of PD resources from dictionary when cos object empty [#par-370]
• logging improvements [#par-367], [#par-371]
• fixed toUnicode for PDF/A-1 glyph name check [#par-372], [#iss-1012]
• add underlying color space for PDPattern [[#par-373][]], [#iss-984]

Core library

• fixed xmp-core byte buffer [#lib-974]
• logging improvements [#lib-980], [#lib-1023]
• input stream and file processing XML results now consistent [#lib-1020], [#iss-1014]
• fixed Java 11 XML bind dependencies [#lib-1022], [#iss-986]
• performance tweaks [#lib-1028]

PDF/A validation

• fix metadata creation [#val-270]
• fix null pointer exception when processing glyphs [#val-271]
• fix null pointer exception when validating embedded files [#val-273], [#iss-976]
• fixed graphic state initial colorspace creation and font inheritance [#val-274], [#iss-975], [#iss-978]
• deny operators q, Q, cm inside Text object [#val-276], [#iss-985]
• preflight passes, veraPDF shows clause="6.2.11.4" error [#val-277], [#iss-1019]
• fix Ignore trailing zero for info dictionary values during metadata info match xmp check [[#val-278][]], [#iss-1017]
• fixed Java 11 XML bind dependencies [[#val-279][]], [#iss-986]
• fix processColorspace model link implementation for PDDeviceN [#val-280], [#iss-902]
• added warning for invalid color space objects [#val-281], [#iss-797]
• fix process color operator flag logic, add underlying color space processing for PDPattern [#val-282], [#iss-984]

PDFBox validation

• fix metadata creation [#pdf-195]
• fixed Java 11 XML bind dependencies [#pdf-197], [#iss-986]
• fix processColorspace model link implementation for PDDeviceN [#pdf-198], [#iss-902]