PdfaPilot - Revision history

Prwheatley at 11:27, 9 June 2021

2021-06-09T11:27:47Z

Ania Molenda at 15:00, 26 April 2021

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D.seggern at 07:56, 31 October 2017

2017-10-31T07:56:54Z

D.seggern at 15:35, 30 October 2017

2017-10-30T15:35:37Z

D.seggern: /* System requirements */

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System requirements

D.seggern at 14:29, 30 October 2017

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D.seggern at 14:28, 30 October 2017

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D.seggern at 14:28, 30 October 2017

2017-10-30T14:28:19Z

Chlara: Description & Development Activity

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Description & Development Activity

Chlara: User Experiences

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User Experiences

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 |license=Commercially licensed product
 |platforms=Windows, Linux, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris and Mac
-|function=Validation, Metadata Extraction, File Format Migration
+|formats_in=PDF, PDF/A
 |content=Document
 }}

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-<!-- Use the structure provided in this template, do not change it! -->
+{{Infobox tool
+|image=pdfaPilot.jpg
 |purpose=pdfaPilot: Conversion of documents and emails into robust, searchable PDF or PDF/A files
 |homepage=https://www.callassoftware.com/en/products/pdfapilot
 |license=Commercially licensed product
 |platforms=Windows, Linux, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris and Mac
 }}
-<!-- Note that to use the image field, you should leave the value as {{PAGENAMEE}}.png (or similar) and upload a copy of the image. Hot-linking is not supported. If you don't want an image, just remove that line. -->
+{{Infobox tool details}}
 == Description ==
 <!-- Describe the what the tool does, focusing on it's digital preservation value. Keep it factual. -->
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 All development activity is visible in the [https://www.callassoftware.com/en/products/pdfapilot/?type=product&product=pdfapilotdesktop&tab=release-notes Release notes].
 <!-- Add the OpenHub.com ID for the tool, if known. -->

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 The format of choice for archiving is defined in the ISO standard PDF/A (PDF for Archiving). This ISO standard defines three different PDF/A versions and callas pdfaPilot can automatically convert all of your documents and emails into the PDF/A flavor required for your purposes. Additional job information (metadata) is fully supported and the solution is configurable enough to let it adapt to your workflow instead of the other way around.
-Archiving documents is a critical operation of modern workflows; for that reason callas pdfaPilot has been extensively tested and complies with the ISO standards as verified with for example the Isartor test suite. The fact that the very same technology is used in the de facto standard, Adobe Acrobat, is testament to its quality.
+Archiving documents is a critical operation of modern workflows; for that reason callas pdfaPilot has been extensively tested and complies with the ISO standards as verified with for example the veraPDF test corpus or the Isartor test suite. The fact that the very same technology is used in the de facto standard, Adobe Acrobat, is testament to its quality.
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 The best way to have good PDF/A files is to properly create them to begin with. For this, callas pdfaPilot can automatically convert Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher and Visio files into quality PDF files for you. Simply drag them on the document window of callas pdfaPilot Desktop and the conversion takes place in the best possible way.
-OpenOffice documents are fully supported too and on Mac OS X Pages and Keynote of course work as well. Using the integrated Adobe engine, callas pdfaPilot even does quality conversion of EPS and PostScript files for you, without requiring Adobe Acrobat Distiller to be installed.
+LibreOffice and OpenOffice documents are fully supported too and on Mac OS X Pages and Keynote of course work as well. Using the integrated Adobe engine, callas pdfaPilot even does quality conversion of EPS and PostScript files for you, without requiring Adobe Acrobat Distiller to be installed.
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 These days, emails are an essential part of business communication in most organizations. Many countries have laws and regulations around the archival of such communication, either to be used in potential future litigation or as part of sound accounting practices.
-Because emails are usually handled by email servers with limited storage capacities, there are no guarantees that an email you receive today will still be on the server ten years from now. When you download the email from your server it is possibly converted into the proprietary format of the email client, and there is no guarantee that you will have such a client in the future. In addition, there are attachments to the emails that require a proper viewer for all file formats that may occur here. Luckily callas pdfaPilot lets you store these emails including all attachments in a PDF/A format that will be available and readable many years from now.
+Because emails are usually handled by email servers with limited storage capacities, there are no guarantees that an email you receive today will still be on the server ten years from now. When you download the email from your server it is converted into the proprietary format of the email client, and there is no guarantee that you will have such a client in the future. In addition, there are attachments to the emails that require a proper viewer for all file formats that may occur here. Luckily callas pdfaPilot lets you store these emails including all attachments in a PDF/A format that will be available and readable many years from now.
 But even in environments where such regulatory guidelines don’t apply, there are good reasons to archive emails. In our modern society an amazing amount of business intelligence is captured in emails. Being able to maintain that information in a structured way and in the same format that is used for other documents and being able to efficiently search all of those documents including emails and their attachments efficiently will only become more important.
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 * Improves PDFs to facilitate the creation of PDF/UA files
 * Embeds and/or substitutes missing fonts and handles missing glyphs
-* Optimizes all color data for compliance with the PDF/A-1 standard
+* Optimizes all color data for compliance with the PDF/A standard
 * Adjusts comments and form fields to the defaults required by the PDF/A-1 standard
 * Removes unwanted attributes such as layers or interactive content like movies
-* Makes image compression compliant with the PDF/A-1... standard
+* Makes image compression compliant with the PDF/A standard
 * Creates PDF/A documents that are web optimized for easier access and viewing
-* Brings document metadata in line with PDF/A-1... requirements
+* Brings document metadata in line with PDF/A requirements
-* Saves newer PDF versions as PDF 1.4 as specified by PDF/A-1...
+* Saves newer PDF versions as PDF 1.4 as specified by PDF/A-1
 * Implements adjustments and corrections without loss of information
 * Delivers clear reports to document all test and correction procedures
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 === Product variants ===
 Desktop, Server, CLI or SDK
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 == User Experiences ==
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 * Used by [[KOST-Val]] as a validation tool for PDF/A files.
+* Used in many products such as Adobe Acrobat Professional or Foxit Phantom for PDF/A conversion and validation (OEM)
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 == Development Activity ==
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 ** Windows 7 or newer
 ** Windows Server 2008 R2 or newer
-* Linux: minimal versions, newer versions are also supported \\ In general Linux distributions are supported if the version of the glibc is at least v2.10
+* Linux: Distributions are supported if the version of the glibc is at least v2.10. Minimum versions for frequently used distributions:
 ** Debian 7 (and derivates like Ubuntu 12.x )
 ** RedHat RHEL6 (and derivates like CentOS6)

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 ** Windows 7 or newer
 ** Windows Server 2008 R2 or newer
+* Linux: minimal versions, newer versions are also supported \\ In general Linux distributions are supported if the version of the glibc is at least v2.10
+** Debian 7 (and derivates like Ubuntu 12.x )
 === Key features ===
 * Checks PDFs for compliance to the PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3 standard (ISO 19005-1, 19005-2 and 19005-3)

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 * XML export of all document and object level metadata for tracking image use and licenses
 * Define extension schemas for your custom metadata fields as required by PDF/A-1... standard with the new Metadata Extension Editor
-* Automatically embeds your company specific metadata schemas for reliable preservation of metadata inside your PDF/A files
+* Automatically embeds company specific metadata schemas for reliable preservation of metadata inside your PDF/A files
+"