Which version of PDF/A does Mendix generate?

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I see here that PDF/A has 4 variations.   https://www.pdftron.com/blog/pdfa-format/all-about-pdfa/   Does anyone know which variant Mendix produces? (Especially Mendix 8)
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By default Mendix does not enforce PDF/A compliance and it has to enabled.
Under the hood Mendix uses the Apache FOP engine to generate PDFs and
it’s configuration is stored in the /resources/fop.xconfig file of the Mendix project.

You can enable it in the configuration file by adding the <pdf-a-mode> tag: 

<fop version="1.0">
  <accessibility>true</accessibility>
  <renderers>
    <renderer mime="application/pdf">
      <pdf-a-mode>PDF/A-1a</pdf-a-mode>
      <version>1.4</version>
    </renderer>
  </renderers>
</fop>

See https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/2.7/pdfa.html

 

If your PDF contains user generated content, then converting a PDF to a PDF/a compliant document might be a better option.

https://dev.to/codesharing/convert-pdf-to-pdf-a-with-a-free-java-api-4nm7

 

 

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