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+# Template customizations
+
+This directory contains Pandoc template files
+derived from Quarto version 1.4.549.
+
+## Tagged PDF/A
+
+The PDF workflow is tweaked to embed semantically structured metadata,
+a.k.a. [tagged PDF] files,
+which conforms to the [PDF/A-2b] standard,
+using experimental LaTeX hint
+[`\DocumentMetadata` declaration][DocumentMetadata].
+
+PDF/A comes in multiple flavors.
+[Some guidelines] advice to use the 2b flavor,
+so that is what is currently done.
+
+[tagged PDF]: https://taggedpdf.com/
+ "tagged PDF - PDF containing semantically structured metadata"
+
+[PDF/A-2b]: https://pdfa.org/pdfa-faq/
+ "PDF/A - PDF standards for archiving and long-term preservation"
+
+[DocumentMetadata]: https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-lab
+ "DocumentMetadata - LaTeX hint for generating modern tagged PDF"
+
+[Some guidelines] https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/creating-a-pdfa-compliant-file-of-your-thesis
+ "Aalto guide to creating a PDF/A -compliant file of your thesis"