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Re: PDF/UA Matterhorn Protocols - how to use?

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From: L Snider
Date: Jun 14, 2022 2:45PM

Hi Christine,

I find WCAG and PDF/UA hard to understand in terms of wording even after
all these years! WCAG got a bit better the last 3-4 years, but I still find
it not that usable for many...

Basically, download this PDF/UA checker (it was PAC 3). It will guide you
in terms of errors, and then look up the errors online and figure out how
to solve them (there is one Section 508 site that does PAC 2 errors, it has
handy videos)

https://pdfua.foundation/en/pdf-accessibility-checker-pac

Cheers

Lisa

On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 1:46 PM Christine Hogenkamp <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am working on creating a how-to doc for my organization for how to create
> a PDF that passes PDF/UA, which includes a section on how to check the PDF
> to ensure it has passed. I have downloaded a copy of the Matterhorn
> Protocols which was recommended as a way to help users interpret the PDF/UA
> standards doc which is, in itself, a fairly complex technical document. The
> problem I am having is that I can't seem to find instructions on how this
> checklist should be used.
>
> For example, this article:
>
> https://www.pdfa.org/climbing-the-matterhorn-an-introduction-to-the-definitive-algorithm-for-pdfua-conformance/
>
> "How to Use the Matterhorn Protocol
> The basic approach for implementing the Matterhorn Protocol is to map the
> Failure Conditions to the various tasks implied by the specific
> word-processing, content extraction or other context."
>
> Perhaps I am just obtuse, but I am having a hard time parsing what this
> actually means in real life terms. How does one "map the failure
> conditions"? Am I meant to open the accessible PDF in question in Acrobat,
> then read through the Matterhorn Protocols while I go through my PDF to
> manually check each Human checklist item to see if I can find any instances
> of failure in the PDF, using the Tags panel? Then use PAC3 to check the
> Machine checklist items?
>
> It would be very helpful if anyone could point me towards more specific
> step by step instructions for using the Matterhorn Protocols.
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> *x*
> *Christine Hogenkamp (She, Her)*
> Front-end Developer
> ContextCreative.com <http://contextcreative.com/>;
>
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