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PDF/UA-1 rule 7.1-8: The document catalog dictionary doesn't contain metadata key or metadata stream dictionary does not contain either entry Type with value /Metadata or entry Subtype with value /XML

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What veraPDF reports

The document catalog dictionary doesn't contain metadata key or metadata stream dictionary does not contain either entry Type with value /Metadata or entry Subtype with value /XML

veraPDF rule 7.1-8 = ISO 14289-1:2014 clause 7.1, test 8, checked on PDF object PDDocument.

What the requirement says

The Catalog dictionary of a conforming file shall contain the Metadata key whose value is a metadata stream as defined in ISO 32000-1:2008, 14.3.2. The metadata stream dictionary shall contain entry Type with value /Metadata and entry Subtype with value /XML

Can it be fixed automatically?

How to fix it by hand

Export the PDF again with a producer that writes an XMP metadata stream, or save it through a PDF editor that adds one; the document properties (title, author) are then copied into it.

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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)
• 7.1-5 All non-standard structure types shall be mapped to the nearest functionally equivalent standard type, as defined in ISO
• 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
• 7.1-9 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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