Introduction
PDFA.NET is a fully managed .NET component that allows developers to convert any PDF document to a PDF/A-1b compliant document. The API allows you to open an existing document from disk or any other System.IO.Stream based source and save this back to disk or any other System.IO.Stream based target. TallComponents is a full member of the PDF/A Competence Center.
Feature highlights
- Convert any PDF document to a PDF/A-1b compliant document
- 100% .NET managed code
- Compatible with .NET 2.0 and higher
- 32 and 64-bit support
- Single assembly, no other dependencies than the .NET framework
Product roadmap
In the next weeks/months we will add support for PDF/A-1a and support for other source formats such as JBIG2 and TIFF. We will also add conversion options.
About PDF/A
PDF/A is an ISO Standard for using PDF format for the long-term archiving of electronic documents. PDF/A has been established as a row of standards with several parts. Currently only PDF/A-1 (Part 1) has been approved. PDF/A-1 is further subdivided into two levels of compliance: PDF/A-1a and PDF/A-1b.
PDF/A-1b ensures that the text (and additional content) can be correctly displayed (e.g. on a computer monitor), but does not guarantee that extracted text will be legible or comprehensible. It therefore does not guarantee compliance with Section 508.
In addition, PDF/A-1a ensures the preservation of a document’s logical structure and content text stream in natural reading order.
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