[gs-bugs] [Bug 690065] Conversion PDF to PDF does not take over meta data

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http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690065

ken.sharp at artifex.com changed:

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------- Additional Comments From ken.sharp at artifex.com  2008-09-10 01:50 -------
Possible duplicate of #688978. The metadata referred to is actually it seems an
entry in a MarkInfo dictionary, not the usual PDF metadata.

The MetaData entry seems to be a non-standard entry in this dictionary, the spec
does allow for extensibility, but I think that should be done with a
UserProperties entry, not a MetaData entry.

Since GS doesn't understand the data, it is reasonable to elide it, since we
can't be certain whether it is still relevant after the document has passed
through the conversion process.

The spec does describe the PDF concept of metadata quite extensively, and its
possible I've missed something relevant, its also true that pdfwrite does not
preserve any other kind of metadata either, see the enhancement request  in #688978.

In any event, this isn't a bug, its a feature request. Also I think I need
convincing that its a feature we should consider adding.




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