PDF/UA-1 rule reference › clause 7.18.1

PDF/UA-1 rule 7.18.1-1: … annotation is an Artifact or is nested within … tag instead of Annot

Not fixed automatically annotation

What veraPDF reports

%1 annotation is an Artifact or is nested within %2 tag (standard type = %3) instead of Annot

veraPDF rule 7.18.1-1 = ISO 14289-1:2014 clause 7.18.1, test 1, checked on PDF object PDAnnot.

What the requirement says

An annotation, excluding annotations of subtype Widget, PrinterMark or Link, shall be nested within an Annot tag

Can it be fixed automatically?

How to fix it by hand

Links, comments and form fields must be in the tag tree (Link, Annot, Form tags). Export as tagged PDF from the authoring tool, or let a PDF editor tag the annotations, then check the result.

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Other rules in clause 7.18.1

• 7.18.1-2 An annotation (except Widget annotations or hidden annotations, or those having rectangle outside the crop-box) shall ha
• 7.18.1-3 A form field shall have a TU key present or all its Widget annotations shall have alternative descriptions (in the form

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