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Multiple Authors with PDF/A and Adobe Acrobat DC

I'm trying to convert a document to PDF/A-3b using Adobe Acrobat DC 2015.016. However, every time I specify multiple authors - everyone beyond the first author gets truncated.

So I specify John Doe; Jane Doe - once I save it as PDF/A it ends up being just John Doe in the file details. I've tried without using conversion profiles - that doesn't seem to be the issue.

Can I bypass this? Should I use "John Doe; Jane Doe" - which apparently it accepts a one author. I would like the authors to be correct.

Solution

  • Have you tried a comma? PDF/A requires that the XMP metadata conforms to the XMP specification, I think that's where it's getting hung up. XMP is XML and XML doesn't like semicolons unless they're escaped. I'll bet that Acrobat doesn't try to escape the semicolons when it synchronizes the Document Information in the Properties dialog to the XMP.