Fwd: AW: Possible (side) effects of using dPDFACompatibilityPolicy=1

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>Hi Ken,
>
>yeah I get that, but for example there is this PDF I converted with links 
>and images.
>Ghostscript would say that links set to non-printing aren't allowed, so it 
>says this:
>
>GPL Ghostscript 9.18: Annotation set to non-printing,
>  not permitted in PDF/A, annotation will not be present in output file
>GPL Ghostscript 9.18: PDFA doesn't allow images with Interpolate true.
>
>The link text is kept but the links don't work. The images seem to be 
>still there, so I don't know what Ghostscript could've left out?
>
>For comparison I converted the same PDF with 3-Heights PDF/A converter and 
>it would keep the links intact - so the links itself aren't the problem 
>and could be left in.
>
>The point is, with PDFs which usually only contain text and images, could 
>I lose actual content or just metadata and stuff like links (if they were 
>in the PDF).
>
>Thanks,
>
>Simon
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Ken Sharp [mailto:[email protected]]
>Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. Januar 2016 09:28
>An: Simon Stratmann
>Cc: [email protected]
>Betreff: Re: [gs-devel] Possible (side) effects of using 
>dPDFACompatibilityPolicy=1
>
>At 06:51 27/01/2016 +0000, Simon Stratmann wrote:
>
>
> >So, could you please give me an idea on what features might be omitted?
>
>Anythign not permitted by the PDF/A specification.
>
>          Ken