Right - so the PDF validator in Acrobat professional does all of the
four things you mention, as well as a few other checks and validations
(including loading each font and image to see if the stream data is
valid for the object in question).
It's not perfect either - of course, but AFAIK,
Well I think I can agree with most of your assertions.
However, there should be a pretty thorough way to do at least the following:
1) For each "element" (object, etc.) that exists in the file, check that it is
"well formed" according to the PDF Reference.
2) For objects that reference other obj
Hi,
Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> Be aware that JHOVE is NOT a complete verifier - and it says so it
> their documentation. It's certainly something that one could use as
> a "first pass", but don't rely on it.
As a side note, a bit nitpicking: Theoretically, there can't be a
complete verifier.
Be aware that JHOVE is NOT a complete verifier - and it says so it
their documentation. It's certainly something that one could use as a
"first pass", but don't rely on it.
Leonard
On Aug 21, 2008, at 9:55 AM, Sheila M. Morrissey wrote:
Hello,
Some may find the JHOVE pdf module useful fo