PDF Archival Format (PDF/A)
Convert PDF Files to the Archival PDF/A Format
pdfRest's Convert to PDF/A API empowers you to convert standard PDF files to the PDF/A archival format, ensuring their long-term preservation and compatibility.
Validate PDF/A Conformance
Leverage pdfRest's Query PDF API to assess the PDF/A conformance of your documents. By identifying non-conformant PDFs, you can take proactive steps to convert them to the appropriate PDF/A standard.
Key PDF/A Benefits
- Identify non-compliant PDFs: Pinpoint documents that require conversion to PDF/A.
- Ensure long-term preservation: Protect your valuable data from obsolescence and data loss.
- Maintain compatibility: Ensure your PDFs can be viewed and processed reliably in the future.
- Meet industry standards: Comply with regulations and requirements that mandate PDF/A usage.
Supported PDF/A Standards
pdfRest supports a wide range of PDF/A standards, including:
- PDF/A-1b: Ensures basic visual integrity over the long term. It's the most widely accepted version for simple archival needs, guaranteeing that documents will look the same when accessed in the future.
- PDF/A-2b: Supports more modern features like JPEG2000 compression and transparency, making it suitable for documents that require better image quality and more complex visual elements while maintaining compliance with archival standards.
- PDF/A-2u: Includes Unicode support for enhanced text searchability and accessibility, making it ideal for documents that need to be both visually consistent and easily searchable across different languages and character sets.
- PDF/A-3b: Allows embedding of additional file formats (e.g., XML, CSV) within the PDF, making it perfect for archiving documents that need to include supplementary data files alongside the main document content.
- PDF/A-3u: Combines the benefits of PDF/A-3b with Unicode support, offering a comprehensive solution for archiving documents that require both embedded files and enhanced text searchability and accessibility.
Safeguard your PDFs for the future with pdfRest's PDF/A compliance tools.
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