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December 17, 2017
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Acrobat reader add XMP metadata

  • December 17, 2017
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Hi all,

I have notice that in some cases acrobat reader appending my pdf files the following:

<</Length 2916/Subtype/XML/Type/Metadata>>stream

<?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>

<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="Adobe XMP Core 5.6-c015 84.159810, 2016/09/10-02:41:30        ">

   <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">

      <rdf:Description rdf:about=""

            xmlns:xmp="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/"

            xmlns:xmpMM="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/"

            xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

         <xmp:ModifyDate>2017-12-17T16:48:48+03:00</xmp:ModifyDate>

         <xmp:CreateDate>2017-12-17T16:49:45+02:00</xmp:CreateDate>

         <xmpMM:DocumentID>uuid:b1351a35-20e4-4671-82b4-c682feff801e</xmpMM:DocumentID>

         <xmpMM:InstanceID>uuid:d651a6c6-b9ea-4f9b-97ad-deb9cb37960e</xmpMM:InstanceID>

         <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>

      </rdf:Description>

   </rdf:RDF>

</x:xmpmeta>

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                          

<?xpacket end="w"?>

Why Adobe reader do this and how can i prevent him from doing it?

Thanks!

    1 reply

    Legend
    December 17, 2017

    This seems like normal behaviour recommended by the rules of PDF.