Modified some stuff.

Config/config.tex

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 \setbool{GenerateListOfFigures}{true}
 \setbool{GenerateListOfTables}{false}
 
+\newcommand{\PdfXConformanceStandard}{a-2b}
+
 %%
 %% Customize your work
 %%
@@ -30,9 +32,6 @@
 \newcommand{\DegreeName}{Master's Degree in Computer Engineering}
 \newcommand{\Title}{A Branch-and-Cut based Pricer for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem}
 
-\newbool{ifCoSupervisor}
-\booltrue{ifCoSupervisor}
-
 \newcommand{\SupName}{Domenico}
 \newcommand{\SupSurname}{Salvagnin}
 

Config/packages.tex

@@ -21,13 +21,8 @@
 
 \usepackage{pdflscape}
 
-% PDF/A configuration
-% Validate at:
-%      - https://demo.verapdf.org/
-%      - https://www.pdf-online.com/osa/validate.aspx
-% To check for PDF metadata:
-%     - https://www.metadata2go.com/result/3ef837c3-cbab-4905-9cd5-beb87fc14968
-\usepackage[a-2b,mathxmp]{pdfx}
+%% Generate PDF/A-1 conformant document
+\usepackage[\PdfXConformanceStandard,mathxmp]{pdfx}
 \usepackage{colorprofiles}
 
 % biblatex is better than default bibtex
@@ -72,8 +67,6 @@
 
 \usepackage{tikz}            % A drawing package to draw arbitrary shapes, useful even for drawing networks/graphs
 
-\usepackage{setspace}        % For \setstretch
-
 % To access various style for arrow heads
 \usetikzlibrary{snakes,arrows,shapes}
 

Config/pdf_metadata.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %% NOTE(dparo): Prefer to not modify this file/variables
 %% Modify he variables inside Config/config.tex instead
 
-\newcommand{\PdfMetadataLanguage}{en-GB}
+\newcommand{\PdfMetadataLanguage}{en-US}
 \newcommand{\PdfMetadataPublisher}{\Publisher}
 
 \newcommand{\PdfMetadataTitle}{\Title}

Makefile

@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ croppdfs: $(PDFS_CROPPED)
 	pdfcrop "$<" "$@"
 
 
+validate: $(TARGET_PDF)
+	$(info ###)
+	$(info ### Validating PDF conformance to PDF-A standard)
+	$(info ###)
+	verapdf -f 2b --format text -v ./build/Paro_Davide.pdf
 
 prebuild: $(BUILD_DIR) svg2pdf croppdfs
 

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-
 ![GitHub release (latest by date)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/dparo/master-thesis.tex?style=for-the-badge) ![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/dparo/master-thesis.tex?style=for-the-badge) ![GitHub Workflow Status](https://img.shields.io/github/workflow/status/dparo/master-thesis.tex/CI?style=for-the-badge)
 
-
 # A Branch-and-Cut based Pricer algorithm for tackling the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem
 
 This repository contains the LaTeX source code for the master degree thesis
@@ -17,30 +15,29 @@ Prebuilt PDF download URL:
     https://github.com/dparo/master-thesis.tex/releases/latest/download/Paro_Davide.pdf
 -->
 
-
 <div>
 <a href="https://dparo.github.io/documents/MSc_Paro_Davide.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
 <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/-Get%20PDF%20Document-0a4026?style=for-the-badge&logo=firefox" alt="Get PDF Document" />
 </a>
-</div> 
+</div>
 <div>
 <a href="https://github.com/dparo/master-thesis.tex/releases/latest" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
 <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/-View%20latest%20Release-063179?style=for-the-badge&logo=github" alt="View latest Release" />
 </a>
 </div>
 
-
-
-## :construction: Manually compile the document 
+## :construction: Manually compile the document
 
 ### :anchor: Requirements
+
 - A GNU/Linux system
 - A full distribution of LaTex (with latexmk)
 - GNU make
 - (Optional) Inkscape to automatically batch convert SVGs to PDFS
 - (Optional) Ghostscript to optimize the PDF for release mode
 
 ### :inbox_tray: Cloning the repository
+
 ```sh
 git clone --recursive https://github.com/dparo/master-thesis.tex
 ```
@@ -52,30 +49,30 @@ make all
 ```
 
 ### :mag: Verify PDF/A-2b conformance
-- Requires VeraPDF binary to be installed and be available in `$PATH`.
+
+- Requires [veraPDF](https://verapdf.org/software/) to be installed and be available in `$PATH`.
 
 ```
 make validate
 ```
 
-If validation fails, VeraPDF will output the failed rules.
+If validation fails, veraPDF will output the failed rules.
 You can take a look at all the available rules and their associated meaning [here](https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation-profiles/wiki/PDFA-Part-1-rules).
 
-
 ## ℹ️ Additional resources
-- [VeraPDF free online validator for conformance to PDF/A-1 standard (WEB)](https://demo.verapdf.org): Prefer to use the native VeraPDF executable if possible.
-- [VeraPDF free online validator for conformance to PDF/A-1 standard  (Native)](https://verapdf.org/software/): Crossplatform, recommented over web version.
-- [VeraPDF list of validation rules with their meaning](https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation-profiles/wiki/PDFA-Part-1-rules)
+
+- [veraPDF free online validator for conformance to PDF/A-1 standard (WEB)](https://demo.verapdf.org): Prefer to use the native veraPDF executable if possible.
+- [veraPDF free online validator for conformance to PDF/A-1 standard (Native)](https://verapdf.org/software/): Crossplatform, recommented over web version.
+- [veraPDF list of validation rules with their meaning](https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation-profiles/wiki/PDFA-Part-1-rules)
 - [PDF to PDF/A online free converter](https://pdf.online/pdf-to-pdfa): Use this as a last resource if you fail to generate a proper PDF/A from Latex.
-- [PDF online metadata viewer](https://www.metadata2go.com/): alternatively you can export the PDF metadata directly from VeraPDF native executable.
+- [PDF online metadata viewer](https://www.metadata2go.com/): alternatively you can export the PDF metadata directly from the native veraPDF GUI.
 
 ### 📑 Documentation
+
 - [Memoir documentclass documentation (PDF)](http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memman.pdf).
 - [PDFX Latex package documentation (PDF)](http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pdfx/pdfx.pdf): The pdfx latex package is used to produce native PDF/A-1 conformant documents directly from Latex.
 - [Biblatex Latex package documentation (PDF)](http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/doc/biblatex.pdf).
 
-
 ## :sparkling_heart: Funding
 
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