[Dspace-general] Dspace-general Digest, Vol 55, Issue 8

[ssadler@ucalgary.ca]

Hi Beth,
We are using PDF/A and these features for our theses and other PDF work in
our repository.
http://digitization.ucalgary.ca/index.php/PDF_Standards

Hope this helps, feel free to e-mail follow-up questions.
Shawna

Shawna Sadler
Coordinator, Digital Initiaves
University of Calgary
(403) 229-2477
ssadler at ucalgary.ca

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> Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:47:56 -0500
> From: Beth Black <black.367 at osu.edu>
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> Hello!
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> We are investigating using PDF/A in our repository and wonder what others
> are doing. Do you recommend or require  PDF/A?  If you require, do you
> convert for submitters in some way?
> Any other thoughts on PDF/A?
>
> Thanks!
> Beth
>
> Beth Black
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> Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:27:59 -0500
> From: Shane Beers <sbeers at gmu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Dspace-general] PDF/A
> To: Beth Black <black.367 at osu.edu>
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> Beth:
>
> When I first arrived here, I was interested in attempting to
> standardize the use of PDF/A, especially for our ETD collections where
> the submissions were far more controllable.
>
> The major hurdle is that all content of the PDF/A must be embedded
> into the document itself - this can become an impossibility if the
> person creating the PDF is someone who does not know how to correctly
> embed everything. You would be surprised (or maybe you wouldn't...)
> how fairly simple technology can confuse even PhD students.
>
> That also creates a limitation of the content of the PDF/A's - as of
> now they can not contain things like multimedia objects. This may not
> be a real concern of yours, but it's of note.
>
> Additionally, the conversion from regular PDFs to PDF/A is often
> impossible, as the information in the PDF was not embedded in the
> first place, and you no longer have things like the original font and
> so on.
>
> Know that this is only my cursory findings, and not gleaned from a
> deep investigation on my part. You may wish to investigate it
> yourself. Essentially what I'm saying is - it will probably work quite
> well in an extremely structured workflow. Outside of that, you may
> have many issues to overcome!
>
> Shane Beers
> Digital Repository Services Librarian
> George Mason University
> sbeers at gmu.edu
> http://mars.gmu.edu
> 703-993-3742
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>
>
> On Feb 8, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Beth Black wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> We are investigating using PDF/A in our repository and wonder what
>> others are doing. Do you recommend or require  PDF/A?  If you
>> require, do you convert for submitters in some way?
>> Any other thoughts on PDF/A?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Beth
>>
>> Beth Black
>> Systems Librarian and Assistant Professor
>> University  Libraries
>> 610 Ackerman Road, Room 5855
>> Columbus, Ohio 43202
>> 614-688-5428 phone
>> 614-292-7859 fax
>> black.367 at osu.edu
>>
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