Dear All, The veraPDF consortium is pleased to announce the latest release of the veraPDF <http://verapdf.org/> PDF/A validation software and test-suite currently under development. Highlights for this release are: - validation of all conformance criteria for ISO 19005-1 (PDF/A-1), conformance level b; - a complete PDF/A-1b test corpus, including 200 new test-files: - PDF features reporting; and - a cross-platform installer. Prototype features include: - PDF metadata fixing; - validation model and rules for PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-2 & PDF/A-3; - reporting in XML and HTML. Download veraPDF 0.6 at: http://downloads.verapdf.org/rel/verapdf-installer.zip Release notes are published at: https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/blob/release-0.6/RELEASENOTES.md veraPDF’s goal is to deliver the definitive PDF/A validator for memory institutions. We invite you to download <http://downloads.verapdf.org/rel/verapdf-installer.zip> and test the software. A guide <http://verapdf.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/11/veraPDFGuidePDFAConformanceCheckerGUI.pdf> for the desktop interface is provided to help you get started. If you encounter problems, or wish to make suggestions, please add them to the project’s GitHub issue tracker <https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/issues>. This release marks the one year point since veraPDF first began the design phase in November 2014. The next release will include release candidates of all eight PDF/A validation profiles. Further details are outlined in our development roadmap <http://verapdf.org/roadmap/>. Keep up to date with the latest developments of veraPDF by subscribing to the veraPDF consortium’s newsletter <http://verapdf.org/subscribe/>. Led by the Open Preservation Foundation <http://openpreservation.org/> and the PDF Association <http://www.pdfa.org/>, the veraPDF consortium is developing the definitive open source, file-format validator for all parts and conformance levels of ISO 19005 (PDF/A). The software is designed to meet the needs of memory institutions responsible for preserving digital content for the long term. The veraPDF consortium is funded by the PREFORMA <http://www.preforma-project.eu/> project. PREFORMA (PREservation FORMAts for culture information/e-archives) is a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) project co-funded by the European Commission under its FP7-ICT Programme. -- Becky McGuinness | Community Manager @openpreserve | Skype: becky.mcguinness1 *Open Preservation Foundation* *http://openpreservation.org/ <http://openpreservation.org/>*