<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">FYI.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font face="monospace, monospace">Hilton Gibson</font></b></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Stellenbosch University Library</span><br></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><font color="#0000ee"><u><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X</a></u></font><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Becky McGuinness</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:becky@openpreservation.org">becky@openpreservation.org</a>></span><br>Date: 6 May 2016 at 08:19<br>Subject: [WEB4LIB] veraPDF 0.14 PDF/A validator released with launch of demo website<br>To: <a href="mailto:WEB4LIB@listserv.nd.edu">WEB4LIB@listserv.nd.edu</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><div style="display:inline"></div>We are pleased to announce the latest release of veraPDF. Version 0.14 features Transparency and Unicode character map validation in PDF/A-2 levels B and U. Other highlights include:<br><br><b>Conformance checker:</b><br></font><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif">added all transparency-related validation rules in PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3<br></font></li><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif">added full Level U support in PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3<br></font></li><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif">code refactoring to synchronize GUI, API and CLI interfaces<br></font></li><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif">PDF/A-1B fix: check both Tiling patterns used as different fill and stroke colour spaces in the same painting operations<br></font></li><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif">added initial versions of PDF/A-2U, PDF/A-2A, PDF/A-3U, PDF/A-3A validation profiles. We now have initial validation for all PDF/A flavours.</font></li></ul><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Test corpus:</b><br></font><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif">added a further 65 atomic test files for PDF/A-2 specific requirements</font></li></ul><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Infrastructure:</b><br></font><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif">a demo of the REST interface is available at <a href="http://demo.verapdf.org/" target="_blank">http://demo.verapdf.org</a></font></li></ul><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Download veraPDF 0.14:</b><br><a href="http://downloads.verapdf.org/rel/verapdf-installer.zip" target="_blank">http://downloads.verapdf.org/rel/verapdf-installer.zip</a><div style="display:inline"> </div><br><br><b>Release notes:</b><br><a href="https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/releases/tag/v0.14.2" target="_blank">https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/releases/tag/v0.14.2</a><div style="display:inline"> </div><br><br>This is the first release of the final design phase which began on 19 April following the PREFORMA Project EC review at their Open Source Workshop<div style="display:inline"> (<a href="http://opensourceworkshop.preforma-project.eu/programme/" target="_blank">http://opensourceworkshop.preforma-project.eu/programme/</a>)</div>.<br><br>veraPDF is building the definitive, open source PDF/A validator. The project benefits from a high level of development resource and PDF/A expertise. Please support our efforts by downloading and testing the software. If you encounter problems, or wish to suggest improvements, please add them to the project’s GitHub issue tracker<div style="display:inline"> (<a href="https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/issues" target="_blank">https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/issues</a>)</div>. You can expect a speedy response. Your feedback is very important, it helps to improve the software.<br><br>Keep up to date with the latest developments of veraPDF by subscribing to the veraPDF consortium’s newsletter<div style="display:inline"> (<a href="http://verapdf.org/subscribe/" target="_blank">http://verapdf.org/subscribe/</a>)</div>.<br><br><b>About veraPDF</b><br>Led by the Open Preservation Foundation and the PDF Association, 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.<br><br>The veraPDF consortium is funded by the PREFORMA 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<div style="display:inline"> (<a href="http://www.preforma-project.eu/" target="_blank">http://www.preforma-project.eu/</a>)</div>.</font><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#666666">Becky McGuinness | </font><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">Community Manager</span><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">@openpreserve | </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Skype: becky.mcguinness1</span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.7273px;color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>Open Preservation Foundation</b></font></span></div><div><font color="#1155cc" face="verdana, sans-serif"><u><a href="http://openpreservation.org/" target="_blank">http://openpreservation.org/</a></u></font><font color="#666666" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></font></div><div><font color="#666666" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#741b47">To find out more about becoming an OPF member or software supporter visit:</font><font color="#38761d" face="verdana, sans-serif"> <a href="http://openpreservation.org/about/join/" target="_blank">http://openpreservation.org/about/join/</a> </font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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