Validate Arlington PDF Model

Validates PDF structure using local Arlington PDF Model grammar rules. Fully offline and open-source; no license required for the validator itself.

Table of Contents

• Validate Arlington PDF Model
  • Getting started
  • Usage
  • Commands
  • Arguments
  • Examples
  • Help & support
  • Licenses

Getting started

You need Docker installed. The first run downloads the image and may take longer than later runs.

Usage

Mount a folder into the container and run a subcommand:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/data -w /data pdfix/validate-pdf-arlington:latest <command> [options]

Commands

• validate: Validate a PDF and write or print a report

Arguments

validate

Option	Required	Type / expected value	Description
--input, -i	yes	Path to an existing .pdf file	Input PDF
--output, -o	no	Path for report file; omit to print to stdout	Output file
--format	no	One of: raw, xml, html, text, json (default: xml)	Report format
--maxfailuresdisplayed	no	Integer (default -1)	Max failures shown
--profile	no	One of the profile ids below	Arlington grammar profile

Profiles:

Desktop name	--profile value
Autodetect	auto
Arlington 1.0	arlington1.0
Arlington 1.1	arlington1.1
Arlington 1.2	arlington1.2
Arlington 1.3	arlington1.3
Arlington 1.4	arlington1.4
Arlington 1.5	arlington1.5
Arlington 1.6	arlington1.6
Arlington 1.7	arlington1.7
Arlington 2.0	arlington2.0

Notes:

• For --format xml, if --output is set it must end with .xml.
• For --format html, if --output is set it must end with .html.
• Omit --profile and the flag is not passed to the Arlington jar.
• PDFix Desktop always passes --profile. Autodetect is the default, so a Desktop run sends at least --profile auto.

Examples

Validate and print XML to stdout:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/data -w /data pdfix/validate-pdf-arlington:latest validate -i /data/input.pdf

Validate and write HTML:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/data -w /data pdfix/validate-pdf-arlington:latest \
  validate -i /data/input.pdf -o /data/report.html --format html

Validate against Arlington 1.7:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/data -w /data pdfix/validate-pdf-arlington:latest \
  validate -i /data/input.pdf --profile arlington1.7

Help & support

To report an issue, contact support@pdfix.net.

Licenses

• Arlington PDF Model