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Re: Adobe "Role Mapping" tags

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Jul 14, 2017 9:50AM

> Is there a compelling reason NOT to use the Acrobat 'Role Map' as far as
> AT software is concerned? I have some really large PDFs to remediate, and
> the tags generated by Acrobat's Autotag are all non-HTML5-standard. Hand
> editing them, which is what I have been assiduously doing, is getting
> REALLY tiresome! :)

First... a point of clarification. Role-mapping structure elements in PDF is a PDF feature. Software that supports Tagged PDF supports role-mapping; not just Adobe.

PDF's role-mapping feature is expressly intended to allow users to create their own tags for their own purposes while also ensuring the tags are usable by AT (or other re-use software).

So.. to answer the question: role-map away! The feature exists precisely to solve problems like the one you've got.

Duff.