A11Y-PDFUA-001-WORKED-001: representative worked example
Context: Synthetic two-page procurement decision PDF, checksum `example-sha256-4b83…`, represented as a training fixture rather than a certified document.
Inspected: PDF/UA-1 identification, checker report, 136-condition manifest, heading/list/table tags, reading order, figure alternative and keyboard link operation.
Observed output: The example checker passed machine conditions, but manual inspection found table header cells tagged as data cells and one meaningful chart marked as an artifact.
Evidence:
- EVD-REF-013 fixture checksum and metadata
- EVD-REF-014 representative checker report
- EVD-REF-015 condition manifest
- EVD-REF-016 tag-tree extracts
Tester reasoning: Machine success cannot override human-judgement failures. The two structural failures prevent a PDF/UA-1 pass for the represented checksum.
Decision: failed
Finding: FND-REF-004 — Procurement table headers and chart semantics are incorrect. Screen-reader users may lose table relationships and the chart's decision context.
Remediation: Retag column/row headers with correct scope/associations, expose the chart as a Figure with an equivalent concise description, regenerate the PDF and create a new checksum-bound execution.
Reviewer feedback: Reviewer separated the table and figure condition references, retained one combined remediation release because both arise from the export template, and removed a WCAG conformance claim.
Final client wording: The represented PDF does not meet the sampled PDF/UA-1 conditions: table headers are not identified programmatically and a meaningful chart is marked as an artifact. Correct the source template, regenerate the PDF and repeat the complete checksum-bound protocol.
Retest: RT-REF-005: representative remediated fixture received a new checksum; the affected manual conditions pass, but no certified PDF/UA claim is made.
Boundary: This is a representative, synthetic worked example for training and calibration. It is not evidence from a client product, participant or real assistive-technology execution.