On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Jeremias Maerki <d...@jeremias-maerki.ch> wrote: > Right here! ;-) If I've got it right, there are two problems:
Awesome, thanks Jeremias! > 1. The creation date in the metadata defaults to the current date and > time so that's different with each run. > 2. The file ID in the PDF trailer is also dependent on the current date > and time. > > N° 1 should be solveable by explicitely setting some creation date in an > XMP metadata packet in the fo:declarations element. For example: > > <fo:declarations> > <x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/"> > <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#";> > <rdf:Description rdf:about="" > xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";> > <!-- Dublin Core properties go here --> > <dc:title>A Forrest document</dc:title> > </rdf:Description> > <rdf:Description rdf:about="" > xmlns:xmp="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/";> > <!-- XMP properties go here --> > <xmp:CreatorTool>Apache Forrest</xmp:CreatorTool> > <xmp:CreateDate>2010-06-21T14:20:00+02:00</xmp:CreateDate> > <xmp:MetadataDate>2010-06-21T14:20:00+02:00</xmp:MetadataDate> > </rdf:Description> > </rdf:RDF> > </x:xmpmeta> > </fo:declarations> > > See also http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/metadata.html > > However, taking a short look, it looks like the metadata date is > currently always set to the current date and time. So we'd have to > change FOP to allow overriding the metadata date. > > N° 2 is only solveable by introducing a configuration setting that > disables the creation of the file ID in the PDF trailer. Standard like > PDF/A and PDF/X require the presence of the file ID. But in this case, > it is unwanted, of course. > > I've created a Bugzilla issue for FOP with this: > https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49479 I added a link to that issue in our own FOR-1077 and a link to this conversation. That issue is listed for us as "Major" but I think it's practically a Blocker. > I can't promise that I can look into this very soon. No problem - we'll be anxiously awaiting:) Thanks, --tim > On 21.06.2010 13:50:31 Tim Williams wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:42 AM, David Crossley <cross...@apache.org> wrote: >> > Done this now. See issue >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOR-1200 >> >> This is good, as it fixes the symptoms, but we've got to find someone >> with pdf expertise to fix the underlying issue FOR-1077 as it's >> probably a blocker in our current state. I reckon I'm only stating >> the obvious though:) >> >> --tim > > > > > Jeremias Maerki > >
