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External signatures File extension: pdf
Internal signatures
Name PDF/A-4e variant 1
Description BOF: ‘%PDF-2.’[0-9], then variable: ‘<pdfaid:part>4</pdfaid:part>’ followed by ‘<pdfaid:conformance>E</pdfaid:conformance>’
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 255044462D322E[30:39]
Position type Variable
Byte order  
Value 3C7064666169643A706172743E343C2F7064666169643A706172743E*3C7064666169643A636F6E666F726D616E63653E453C2F7064666169643A636F6E666F726D616E63653E
Name PDF/A-4e variant 2
Description ‘%PDF-2.’[0-9], then variable: ‘<pdfaid:conformance>E</pdfaid:conformance>’ followed by ‘<pdfaid:part>4</pdfaid:part>’
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 255044462D322E[30:39]
Position type Variable
Byte order  
Value 3C7064666169643A636F6E666F726D616E63653E453C2F7064666169643A636F6E666F726D616E63653E*3C7064666169643A706172743E343C2F7064666169643A706172743E
Name PDF/A-4e attribute variant 1
Description BOF ‘%PDF-2.’[0-9], then variable `pdfaid:part=""4""’ then `pdfaid:conformance=""E""’
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 255044462D322E[30:39]
Position type Variable
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 7064666169643A706172743D223422207064666169643A636F6E666F726D616E63653D224522
Name PDF/A-4e attribute variant 2
Description BOF ‘%PDF-2.’[0-9], then variable `pdfaid:conformance=""E""’ then `pdfaid:part=""4""’"
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 255044462D322E[30:39]
Position type Variable
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 7064666169643A636F6E666F726D616E63653D224522207064666169643A706172743D223422
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