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Add more detailed PDF/A information
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resolves #454
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jordanpadams committed Dec 10, 2021
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<section name="PDF/A Validation Failure">
<section name="PDF/A Issues">
<p><b>Description</b></p>
<p>
When attempting to validate a Document product as PDF/A, you get an error like:
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<p><b>Fixing the problem</b></p>
<p>This error indicates your PDF is not PDF/A version 1a or 1b compliant. Contact your PDS Node representative or
the <a href="mailto:[email protected]">PDS Operator</a> for assistance generating a compliant PDF/A.</p>
<p>This error indicates your PDF is not PDF/A version 1a or 1b compliant. We are in the process of improving documentation for this, but in the
meantime, you can look through the <a href="https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation-profiles/wiki/PDFA-Part-1-rules">VeraPDF Rules documentation</a>
and try to track down the issues occurring in your PDS.

Some common issues with documents being converted are:
<ul>
<li>Embedded multimedia - PDF/A does not support embedded multimedia files</li>
<li>Proprietary fonts - Fonts protected by copyright cannot be copied into PDF/A. Some non-free fonts may be allowed when working with their originating programs (such as using Microsoft fonts with Word or PowerPoint), but they will prevent a converter from converting them to PDF/A later.</li>
<li>PDF/A does not support 3D models</li>
</ul>

If you are unable to debug, please contact your PDS Node representative or the
<a href="mailto:[email protected]">PDS Operator</a> for assistance generating a compliant PDF/A.</p>
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