Theory on the title of an accessible PDF
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More InformationWhat are the requirements of PDF/UA-1 (ISO 14289-1) for the title of an accessible PDF?
The Matterhorn Protocol 1.1, which defines concrete tests for compliance with PDF/UA-1 (ISO14289-1), includes not specified to the title of a PDF document. Therefore, there is the consensusthat the title is either paragraph (P) or as headline first level ( )
can be tagged.
What does the Tagged PDF Best Practice Guide (version 1.0.1) recommend for the title of an accessible PDF?
The Tagged PDF Best Practice Guide 1.0.1 explains in section 4.2.2.2 that the title in PDF/UA-1 compliant PDFs can be either a paragraph (
) or as a first-level heading (
) can be tagged. The guide also makes it clear that a paragraph tag ( ) is much better suited
. Or more precisely, the guide recommends ending the title with a title tag ( ) and then refer the title tag to a paragraph tag (<P>) via the role assignment (the concrete implementation is explained below using an example). There are a few reasons for this approach, some of which are mentioned here:
- Visually impaired people use the first-level headingsto get a Overview of the document structure If the title occupies the first level heading, the title would interfere with this standard procedure.
- In authoring programs such as Microsoft Word, Headings in the automatic table of contents. If a title If it were defined as a first-level heading, this would also in the table of contents appear. A correction would require additional manual effort.
- In 2024, the PDF/UA-2 standard was published, which is expected to replace the PDF/UA-1 standard in the coming years. In the PDF/UA-2 standard gives there is a title tag (
) and therefore, according to this new standard, a title not more than first level heading ( ) are tagged. So you should already adopt a sustainable way of working and Therefore, do not add heading tags to titles.
- Visually impaired people use the first-level headingsto get a Overview of the document structure If the title occupies the first level heading, the title would interfere with this standard procedure.
- In authoring programs such as Microsoft Word, Headings in the automatic table of contents. If a title If it were defined as a first-level heading, this would also in the table of contents appear. A correction would require additional manual effort.
- In 2024, the PDF/UA-2 standard was published, which is expected to replace the PDF/UA-1 standard in the coming years. In the PDF/UA-2 standard gives there is a title tag (
) and therefore, according to this new standard, a title not more than first level heading ( ) are tagged. So you should already adopt a sustainable way of working and Therefore, do not add heading tags to titles.
Creating an accessible title in PDFs using Acrobat
If the source document (e.g. Word “.docx” file) no longer exists, the tagging structure must directly in the PDF For this purpose, the software Adobe Acrobat The video tutorial shows how to tag the title of a PDF document that is still no tag structure.
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More InformationCreating an accessible title in PDFs using Word (& Acrobat)
If the source document (e.g. Word or InDesign) present, it is of course much better, to set up everything in this source document in the best possible wayBecause the well-known word processing programs already implement many accessibility criteria automatically during (correct) PDF export, so that some post-processing effort is eliminatedThe video tutorial shows how to format a title correctly in Word and with which trick three more Matterhorn criteria (06-003, 07-001, 07-002) fulfilled can be.
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