# 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"