veraPDF full PDF/A1-b validation now available in 0.6 software release

[Becky McGuinness]

Dear All,

The veraPDF consortium is pleased to announce the latest release of the
veraPDF <http://verapdf.org/> PDF/A validation software and test-suite
currently under development.

Highlights for this release are:

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   validation of all conformance criteria for ISO 19005-1 (PDF/A-1),
   conformance level b;
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   a complete PDF/A-1b test corpus, including 200 new test-files:
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   PDF features reporting; and
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   a cross-platform installer.


Prototype features include:


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   PDF metadata fixing;
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   validation model and rules for PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-2 & PDF/A-3;
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   reporting in XML and HTML.


Download veraPDF 0.6 at:
http://downloads.verapdf.org/rel/verapdf-installer.zip

Release notes are published at:
https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/blob/release-0.6/RELEASENOTES.md

veraPDF’s goal is to deliver the definitive PDF/A validator for memory
institutions. We invite you to download
<http://downloads.verapdf.org/rel/verapdf-installer.zip> and test the
software. A guide
<http://verapdf.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/11/veraPDFGuidePDFAConformanceCheckerGUI.pdf>
for the desktop interface is provided to help you get started. If you
encounter problems, or wish to make suggestions, please add them to the
project’s GitHub issue tracker
<https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/issues>.

This release marks the one year point since veraPDF first began the design
phase in November 2014. The next release will include release candidates of
all eight PDF/A validation profiles. Further details are outlined in our
development roadmap <http://verapdf.org/roadmap/>.

Keep up to date with the latest developments of veraPDF by subscribing to
the veraPDF consortium’s newsletter <http://verapdf.org/subscribe/>.

Led by the Open Preservation Foundation <http://openpreservation.org/> and
the PDF Association <http://www.pdfa.org/>, the veraPDF consortium is
developing the definitive open source, file-format validator for all parts
and conformance levels of ISO 19005 (PDF/A). The software is designed to
meet the needs of memory institutions responsible for preserving digital
content for the long term.
The veraPDF consortium is funded by the PREFORMA
<http://www.preforma-project.eu/> project. PREFORMA (PREservation FORMAts
for culture information/e-archives) is a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP)
project co-funded by the European Commission under its FP7-ICT Programme.


-- 
Becky McGuinness | Community Manager
@openpreserve | Skype: becky.mcguinness1

*Open Preservation Foundation*
*http://openpreservation.org/ <http://openpreservation.org/>*

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2015-11-02
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