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@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@
lack of a full license to get a detailed error protocol.
</p>
<p>
- <strong>PDF/A-1a</strong> is not implemented, yet. This is mostly because of the requirement
- for tagged PDF which is not available in FOP, yet.
+ <strong>PDF/A-1a</strong> is based on PDF-A-1b and adds accessibility features
+ (such as Tagged PDF). This format is available within the limitation described on
+ the <a href="accessibility.html">Accessibility page</a>.
</p>
</section>
<section id="command-line">
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@
as a parameter. If there is a violation of one of the validation rules for
PDF/A, an error message is presented and the processing stops.
</p>
+ <p>
+ PDF/A-1a is enabled by specifying "-pdfprofile PDF/A-1a".
+ </p>
</section>
<section id="embedded">
<title>Usage (embedded)</title>
@@ -80,6 +84,9 @@ Fop fop = fopFactory.newFop(MimeConstants.MIME_PDF, userAgent);
If one of the validation rules of PDF/A is violated, an PDFConformanceException
(descendant of RuntimeException) is thrown.
</p>
+ <p>
+ For PDF/A-1a, just use the string "PDF/A-1a" instead of "PDF/A-1b".
+ </p>
</section>
<section id="rules">
<title>PDF/A in Action</title>
@@ -118,12 +125,17 @@ Fop fop = fopFactory.newFop(MimeConstants.MIME_PDF, userAgent);
embedded in clear text so non-PDF-aware applications can extract the XMP metadata.
</li>
</ul>
+ <note>
+ There are additional requirements if you want to enabled PDF/A-1a (Tagged PDF). This is
+ particularly the specification of the natural language and alternative descriptions for
+ images. Please refer to the <a href="accessibility.html">Accessibility page</a> for details.
+ </note>
</section>
<section id="profile-compatibility">
<title>PDF profile compatibility</title>
<p>
- The PDF profiles "PDF/X-3:2003" and "PDF/A-1b" are compatible and can both be
- activated at the same time.
+ The PDF profiles "PDF/X-3:2003" and "PDF/A-1b" (or "PDF/A-1a") are compatible and can
+ both be activated at the same time.
</p>
</section>
<section id="interoperability">