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PDF/UA-1 rule 7.1-5: Non-standard structure type … is not mapped to a standard type

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What veraPDF reports

Non-standard structure type %1 is not mapped to a standard type

veraPDF rule 7.1-5 = ISO 14289-1:2014 clause 7.1, test 5, checked on PDF object SENonStandard.

What the requirement says

All non-standard structure types shall be mapped to the nearest functionally equivalent standard type, as defined in ISO 32000-1:2008, 14.8.4, in the role map dictionary of the structure tree root. This mapping may be indirect; within the role map a non-standard type can map directly to another non-standard type, but eventually the mapping shall terminate at a standard type

Can it be fixed automatically?

How to fix it by hand

The document needs a correct tag tree (structure). The reliable way is to export from the authoring application with “tagged PDF” / “document structure tags for accessibility” enabled; otherwise the tags are corrected in a PDF editor.

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Other rules in clause 7.1

• 7.1-1 Content marked as Artifact should not be present inside tagged content
• 7.1-2 Tagged content should not be present inside content marked as Artifact
• 7.1-3 Content shall be marked as Artifact or tagged as real content
• 7.1-4 Files shall have a Suspects value of false(ISO 32000-1:2008, Table 321)
• 7.1-6 A circular mapping shall not exist
• 7.1-7 Standard tags defined in ISO 32000-1:2008, 14.8.4, shall not be remapped
• 7.1-8 The Catalog dictionary of a conforming file shall contain the Metadata key whose value is a metadata stream as defined i
• 7.1-9 The Metadata stream in the document's catalog dictionary shall contain a dc:title entry, where dc is the recommended pre
• 7.1-10 The document catalog dictionary shall include a ViewerPreferences dictionary containing a DisplayDocTitle key, whose val
• 7.1-11 The logical structure of the conforming file shall be described by a structure hierarchy rooted in the StructTreeRoot en
• 7.1-12 A structure element dictionary shall contain the P (parent) entry according to ISO 32000-1:2008, 14.7.2, Table 355

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