TagSmith-PDF remediation report

Prepared for Harbourford Borough Council

Generated 2026-10-12 20:16 UTC · PDF/UA-1 (ISO 14289-1) validation with veraPDF 1.30.2 · 7 documents in this batch.

Headline

7/7

Documents fully conformant

Fixes applied across the batch

Distinct clauses still open

Before processing, 0 of 7 documents passed the same check.

Per-document summary

Per-document summary
Document	Status	Failed rules before → after	Failed checks before → after	Fixes
Harbourford-Annual-Accessibility-Report-2025	✓ pass	6 → 0	24 → 0	11
Harbourford-Budget-2026	✓ pass	3 → 0	3 → 0	5
Harbourford-Council-Minutes-2025	✓ pass	7 → 0	1810 → 0	10
Harbourford-Letter-Roadworks-scan	✓ pass	6 → 0	285 → 0	8
Harbourford-Public-Notice	✓ pass	4 → 0	4 → 0	7
Harbourford-Recycling-Report-2025	✓ pass	7 → 0	88 → 0	11
Harbourford-Service-Brochure	✓ pass	13 → 0	342 → 0	13

PDF/UA-2 readiness (informational)

These documents were remediated to PDF/UA-1 (ISO 14289-1), the standard current accessibility guidance points at. As a look ahead, each fixed file was also checked against the PDF/UA-2 (ISO 14289-2:2024) profile in veraPDF. A file declares exactly one part in its metadata, so none of these documents is claimed to conform to PDF/UA-2, and nothing in this section is part of the headline above.

PDF/UA-2 readiness per document
Document	PDF/UA-2 rules failing	Checks failing
Harbourford-Annual-Accessibility-Report-2025	7	84
Harbourford-Budget-2026	4	5
Harbourford-Council-Minutes-2025	4	9
Harbourford-Letter-Roadworks-scan	3	3
Harbourford-Public-Notice	4	4
Harbourford-Recycling-Report-2025	4	7
Harbourford-Service-Brochure	4	7

PDF/UA-2 clauses still failing
PDF/UA-2 clause	Documents	What veraPDF checks
5-2	7	The value of "pdfuaid:part" shall be the part number of the International Standard to which the file conforms
5-5	7	The value of "pdfuaid:rev" shall be "2024"
8.2.5.2-2	4	The structure tree root shall contain a single Document structure element as its only child. The namespace for that element shall be specified as the PDF 2.0 namespace
8.8-1	4	All destinations whose target lies within the current document shall be structure destinations
8.2.5.2-1	3	The structure tree root shall contain a single Document structure element as its only child, as specified in ISO 32000-2:2020, Annex L and ISO/TS 32005
Table 5. StructTreeRoot-Link-1	3	StructTreeRoot shall not contain <Link>
8.2.5.27-1	1	When present, the Caption element shall be the first or the last child of the structure element
8.4.3-1	1	In all cases, where real content maps to Unicode PUA values, an ActualText or Alt entry shall be present

Per-document detail

Harbourford-Annual-Accessibility-Report-2025

✓ conformant · OK · processed in 18.9s
Source: Harbourford-Annual-Accessibility-Report-2025_tagged.pdf
Output: Harbourford-Annual-Accessibility-Report-2025_tagged-accessible.pdf
Before: 6 rules / 24 checks → After: 0 rules / 0 checks

Fixes applied

7.1-10Document catalog /ViewerPreferences — set /DisplayDocTitle true
7.1-10Document information dictionary /Title — set missing document title to 'Annual Report on Digital Accessibility 2025' (from the largest text on page 1)
7.5Structure tree tables — rebuilt 6 ruled table(s) from the grid drawn on the page - every cell's text is in its own cell (columns the auto-tagger left outside or merged are back)
7.2-22Structure tree — set /Lang on 749 structure elements
7.4.2-1Structure tree headings — identified 1 paragraph heading(s) from font hierarchy
7.2-24Annotations — set /Lang on 7 annotations
5-1, 7.1-8, 7.2-33Document catalog /Metadata — wrote XMP with pdfuaid:part=1, dc:title, dc:language=en
warnFonts — 216 font(s) had no recoverable character map
7.18.5-1Structure — tagged 7 link annotation(s) with /Link structure elements and object references
7.3-1Structure tree figures — tagged 6 chart(s), diagram(s) or logo(s) drawn as vector graphics as Figure - they were marked as decoration, so a screen reader skipped them; each needs a description
7.3-1Structure tree figures — the built-in AI wrote a description for 13 picture(s) that had none or only a placeholder - each is marked as a draft until a person checks it in Review

Still needs a human

7.3-1Structure tree — 13 Figure description(s) were written by the built-in AI and are not checked by a person yet
How: Open the document in Review: every AI description is listed there to accept or correct. Only a person knows what a picture is for.
7.5-1Structure tree — 6 Table element(s) need header/scope review
How: Confirm each table has TH headers and correct /Scope before publishing.

Harbourford-Budget-2026

✓ conformant · OK · processed in 14.3s
Source: Harbourford-Budget-2026_tagged.pdf
Output: Harbourford-Budget-2026_tagged-accessible.pdf
Before: 3 rules / 3 checks → After: 0 rules / 0 checks

Fixes applied

7.1-10Document catalog /ViewerPreferences — set /DisplayDocTitle true
7.1-10Document information dictionary /Title — set missing document title to 'Harbourford Budget 2026' (from the file name)
7.2-22Structure tree — set /Lang on 37 structure elements
5-1, 7.1-8, 7.2-33Document catalog /Metadata — wrote XMP with pdfuaid:part=1, dc:title, dc:language=en
warnFonts — 6 font(s) had no recoverable character map

No remaining issues — fully conformant.

Harbourford-Council-Minutes-2025

✓ conformant · OK · processed in 14.9s
Source: Harbourford-Council-Minutes-2025_tagged.pdf
Output: Harbourford-Council-Minutes-2025_tagged-accessible.pdf
Before: 7 rules / 1810 checks → After: 0 rules / 0 checks

Fixes applied

6.2-1Document catalog /MarkInfo — set /Marked true (declares this is a Tagged PDF)
7.2-34Document catalog /Lang — set natural language to 'en'
7.1-10Document catalog /ViewerPreferences — set /DisplayDocTitle true
7.1-10Document information dictionary /Title — replaced the placeholder title 'untitled' with 'Council meeting 1 of 2025 — item 1' (from the largest text on page 1)
7.2-22Structure tree — set /Lang on 147 structure elements
5-1, 7.1-8, 7.2-33Document catalog /Metadata — wrote XMP with pdfuaid:part=1, dc:title, dc:language=en
7.21.7-1Fonts — synthesised /ToUnicode for 48 font(s): Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, +44 more
7.21.4.1-1Fonts — embedded metric-compatible Liberation fonts for the standard PDF font(s) Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold - every glyph keeps its width, so the layout does not move (Liberation fonts: SIL Open Font Licence)
navDocument outline (bookmarks) — added 6 bookmark(s) from the document's headings, so readers can jump to each section; the viewer opens with the bookmarks panel
7.3-1Structure tree figures — the built-in AI wrote a description for 6 picture(s) that had none or only a placeholder - each is marked as a draft until a person checks it in Review

Still needs a human

7.3-1Structure tree — 6 Figure description(s) were written by the built-in AI and are not checked by a person yet
How: Open the document in Review: every AI description is listed there to accept or correct. Only a person knows what a picture is for.

Harbourford-Letter-Roadworks-scan

✓ conformant · OK · processed in 16.4s
Source: Harbourford-Letter-Roadworks-scan_tagged.pdf
Output: Harbourford-Letter-Roadworks-scan_tagged-accessible.pdf
Before: 6 rules / 285 checks → After: 0 rules / 0 checks

OCR: scanned (1 page), text recognised with Tesseract (eng). Text recognised automatically can contain mistakes and the reading order is a best guess: check both against the page images before publishing.

Fixes applied

6.2-1Document catalog /MarkInfo — set /Marked true (declares this is a Tagged PDF)
7.2-34Document catalog /Lang — set natural language to 'en'
7.1-10Document catalog /ViewerPreferences — set /DisplayDocTitle true
7.1-10Document information dictionary /Title — set missing document title to 'Municipality of Harbourford' (from the largest text on page 1)
7.2-22Structure tree — set /Lang on 12 structure elements
5-1, 7.1-8, 7.2-33Document catalog /Metadata — wrote XMP with pdfuaid:part=1, dc:title, dc:language=en
warnFonts — 1 font(s) had no recoverable character map
7.3-1Structure tree figures — the built-in AI wrote a description for 1 picture(s) that had none or only a placeholder - each is marked as a draft until a person checks it in Review

Still needs a human

7.3-1Structure tree — 1 Figure description(s) were written by the built-in AI and are not checked by a person yet
How: Open the document in Review: every AI description is listed there to accept or correct. Only a person knows what a picture is for.

Harbourford-Public-Notice

✓ conformant · OK · processed in 18.7s
Source: Harbourford-Public-Notice_tagged.pdf
Output: Harbourford-Public-Notice_tagged-accessible.pdf
Before: 4 rules / 4 checks → After: 0 rules / 0 checks

Fixes applied

7.5Structure tree tables — rebuilt 1 ruled table(s) from the grid drawn on the page - every cell's text is in its own cell (columns the auto-tagger left outside or merged are back)
7.2-22Structure tree — set /Lang on 39 structure elements
7.2-24Annotations — set /Lang on 1 annotations
5-1, 7.1-8, 7.2-33Document catalog /Metadata — wrote XMP with pdfuaid:part=1, dc:title, dc:language=en
warnFonts — 3 font(s) had no recoverable character map
7.18.5-1Structure — tagged 1 link annotation(s) with /Link structure elements and object references
7.3-1Structure tree figures — the built-in AI wrote a description for 1 picture(s) that had none or only a placeholder - each is marked as a draft until a person checks it in Review

Still needs a human

7.3-1Structure tree — 1 Figure description(s) were written by the built-in AI and are not checked by a person yet
How: Open the document in Review: every AI description is listed there to accept or correct. Only a person knows what a picture is for.
7.5-1Structure tree — 1 Table element(s) need header/scope review
How: Confirm each table has TH headers and correct /Scope before publishing.

Harbourford-Recycling-Report-2025

✓ conformant · OK · processed in 16.8s
Source: Harbourford-Recycling-Report-2025_tagged.pdf
Output: Harbourford-Recycling-Report-2025_tagged-accessible.pdf
Before: 7 rules / 88 checks → After: 0 rules / 0 checks

Fixes applied

6.2-1Document catalog /MarkInfo — set /Marked true (declares this is a Tagged PDF)
7.2-34Document catalog /Lang — set natural language to 'en'
7.1-10Document catalog /ViewerPreferences — set /DisplayDocTitle true
7.2-22Structure tree — set /Lang on 25 structure elements
7.4.2-1Structure tree headings — identified 1 paragraph heading(s) from font hierarchy
5-1, 7.1-8, 7.2-33Document catalog /Metadata — wrote XMP with pdfuaid:part=1, dc:title, dc:language=en
7.21.7-1Fonts — synthesised /ToUnicode for 6 font(s): Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, +2 more
7.21.4.1-1Fonts — embedded metric-compatible Liberation fonts for the standard PDF font(s) Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold - every glyph keeps its width, so the layout does not move (Liberation fonts: SIL Open Font Licence)
7.3-1Structure tree figures — tagged 3 chart(s), diagram(s) or logo(s) drawn as vector graphics as Figure - they were marked as decoration, so a screen reader skipped them; each needs a description
navDocument outline (bookmarks) — added 4 bookmark(s) from the document's headings, so readers can jump to each section; the viewer opens with the bookmarks panel
7.3-1Structure tree figures — the built-in AI wrote a description for 4 picture(s) that had none or only a placeholder - each is marked as a draft until a person checks it in Review

Still needs a human

7.3-1Structure tree — 4 Figure description(s) were written by the built-in AI and are not checked by a person yet
How: Open the document in Review: every AI description is listed there to accept or correct. Only a person knows what a picture is for.

Harbourford-Service-Brochure

✓ conformant · OK · processed in 14.5s
Source: Harbourford-Service-Brochure_tagged.pdf
Output: Harbourford-Service-Brochure_tagged-accessible.pdf
Before: 13 rules / 342 checks → After: 0 rules / 0 checks

Fixes applied

6.2-1Document catalog /MarkInfo — set /Marked true (declares this is a Tagged PDF)
7.2-34Document catalog /Lang — set natural language to 'en'
7.1-10Document catalog /ViewerPreferences — set /DisplayDocTitle true
7.1-10Document information dictionary /Title — set missing document title to 'Harbourford · Your services, page 1' (from the largest text on page 1)
7.2-22Structure tree — set /Lang on 23 structure elements
7.18.3-1Page /Tabs — set /Tabs = /S on 4 pages carrying annotations
7.2-24Annotations — set /Lang on 6 annotations
5-1, 7.1-8, 7.2-33Document catalog /Metadata — wrote XMP with pdfuaid:part=1, dc:title, dc:language=en
7.21.7-1Fonts — synthesised /ToUnicode for 9 font(s): Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, +5 more
7.21.4.1-1Font resources — dropped 1 unused non-embedded font(s) from /Resources: Helvetica
7.21.4.1-1Fonts — embedded metric-compatible Liberation fonts for the standard PDF font(s) Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold - every glyph keeps its width, so the layout does not move (Liberation fonts: SIL Open Font Licence)
7.18.5-1Structure — tagged 4 link annotation(s) with /Link structure elements and object references
7.3-1Structure tree figures — the built-in AI wrote a description for 4 picture(s) that had none or only a placeholder - each is marked as a draft until a person checks it in Review

Still needs a human

7.3-1Structure tree — 4 Figure description(s) were written by the built-in AI and are not checked by a person yet
How: Open the document in Review: every AI description is listed there to accept or correct. Only a person knows what a picture is for.

What every rule number means

5-1 PDF/UA identifier in XMP

6.2-1 Marked-content flag set

7.1-10 Document display title set

7.1-5 Non-standard structure type renamed

7.1-8 XMP metadata written

7.11-1 Embedded file given a filename

7.18.3-1 Tab order on annotated pages

7.18.4-2 Form structure element needs a single object reference

7.18.5-1 Link tagged with a Link structure element

7.2-15 Table cell overlap — needs human review

7.2-2 Language set on the outline

7.2-22 Language set on structure elements

7.2-24 Language set on annotations

7.2-33 Language set in XMP

7.2-34 Language set on the document catalog

7.20-2 Form XObject content not in structure tree

7.21.3.2-1 CIDToGIDMap stream missing

7.21.4.1-1 Font program not embedded in the file

7.21.4.2-2 Stale CIDSet stream removed

7.21.7-1 Font character-to-Unicode map synthesised

7.21.7-2 Invalid Unicode value remapped

7.21.8-1 Font descriptor mismatch

7.3-1 Figure needs alt text

7.4.2-1 Heading rank skipped — renumbered

7.5-1 Table header or scope needs human review

nav Bookmarks added from the document's headings (navigation, WCAG 2.4.5)

no-text-layer Scanned pages — no text layer, so nothing for a screen reader to read