PDFmark for PDF/A-3 embedded files
Jochen Stärk
Hi,
I need valid PDF-A/3 output and I have plain PDF input and
Ghostscript is the only viable open source solution I can imagine
(are there others?).
With basic postscript file like psHelloWorld.ps and as pdfmark
the usual pdfa_def.ps and ICC file from https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/iccprofiles/iccprofiles_win.html
and
gs -P -dPDFA=3 -dCompressStreams=false -dNOOUTERSAVE -sProcessColorModel=DeviceRGB -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -o helloworld1.pdf -dPDFACompatibilityPolicy=3 -dRenderIntent=3 -sGenericResourceDir="./" ".\pdfa_def.ps" psHelloWorld.ps
helloworld1.pdf is valid PDF A/3b (according to verapdf).
AFAIK I have to add a XMP Schema extension, with pdfa_def.ps and addXMP.ps this also seems to be valid (helloworld2.pdf), exiftool shows more metadata, and verapdf still reports validity.
Now I tried to embed the file with the PDFmark from https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdfmark_reference.pdf
pg 31.
To be honest I don't know what Unicode Unique Name precisely is and what I am supposed to do with it, or why. And I guess embedding files works differently in A-3.
After the according additional errors I added the UF key and
AfRelationship Alternative.
I end up with
gs -P -dPDFA=3 -dCompressStreams=false -dNOOUTERSAVE -sProcessColorModel=DeviceRGB -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -o helloworld3.pdf -dPDFACompatibilityPolicy=3 -dRenderIntent=3 -sGenericResourceDir="./" ".\pdfa_def.ps" ".\addXMP.ps" ".\addAttachment.ps" psHelloWorld.ps
but verapdf (on helloworld3.pdf) reports two errors:
Specification: ISO 19005-3:2012, Clause: 6.8,
Test number: 1
The MIME type of an embedded file, or a subset of a
file, shall be specified using the Subtype key of the file
specification dictionary. If the MIME type is not known, the
"application/octet-stream" shall be used. Failed
2 occurrences Hide
EmbeddedFile
Subtype != null &&
/^[-\w+\.]+\/[-\w+\.]+$/.test(Subtype)
root/EmbeddedFiles[0]/EF[0]
root/indirectObjects[7](8
0)/directObject[0]/values[0]/elements[1]/EF[0]
Specification: ISO 19005-3:2012, Clause: 6.8, Test
number: 4
The additional information provided for associated
files as well as the usage requirements for associated files
indicate the relationship between the embedded file and the
PDF document or the part of the PDF document with which it is
associated. Failed
2 occurrences Hide
CosFileSpecification
isAssociatedFile == true
root/indirectObjects[7](8
0)/directObject[0]/values[0]/elements[1]
root/EmbeddedFiles[0]
As Mime-type I would use text/xml, I understand this will be
escaped to text#2Fxml.
I tried several places to be honest I still have no idea where, do I need to access some file dictionary somewhere?
Any suggestions to improve my pdfmark, in particular addAttachment.ps?
Thanks in advance!
Jochen
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