Check PDF with veraPDF's WCAG-2.2 validation profile

[clpetix]

I checked my PDF using veraPDF's command-line tool.

I installed veraPDF with Homebrew on mac, but there are additional installation methods here. I then cloned veraPDF-validation-profiles repository.

I used this bash script to check the PDFs:

verapdf \
  --profile "/path/to/veraPDF-validation-profiles/PDF_UA/WCAG-2-2-Complete-PDF20.xml" \
  --format html \
  "/path/to/PDF.pdf" > verapdf-wcag-report-fixed-toc.html

[gabriel-woodbury]

The graduate school is not accepting veraPDF's WCAG-2.2 profile because it is not an "official" profile, but an experimental one. Instead, they are requiring it to pass PAC's WCAG test. I just went through this discussion myself this week.

[mphoward]

That is frustrating, I will see if I can discuss with them next week. Did you find a solution with them?

[gabriel-woodbury]

Technically. I was provided with a different class file and updated main tex file which then generated a pdf that passed PAC's WCAG test. I attach both as text files below.

auburn-thesis.txt

thesis_sample.txt

[mphoward]

Thank you, I've received this file as well but I believe it's currently only in draft status. It also fails some checks in preliminary tests I ran. I will inquire with the Graduate School.

[mphoward]

I was able to get in touch with the Graduate School, and they have indicated they will accept a good-faith effort for compliance with these requirements rather than passing a specific accessibility checker. If you would like to use this template, I suggest running veraPDF for both UA-2 and WCAG compliance (see #5) and enclosing the results with your formatting checking.

I will be adding instructions on how to do these checks to README.md soon.

[mphoward]

GitHub Actions is now running veraPDF UA-2 and WCAG 2.2 Complete as proposed above (#8).

[mphoward]

Documentation added in #11.