Invalid dictionary data for page

Classification

Validator	Validator version	Error message type
JHOVE	1.32.1

File format	Version	Specification	Description	Location
application/pdf	1.3			OPF

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Output example

Validator returned error.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jhove xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schema.openpreservation.org/ois/xml/ns/jhove" xsi:schemaLocation="http://schema.openpreservation.org/ois/xml/ns/jhove https://schema.openpreservation.org/ois/xml/xsd/jhove/1.9/jhove.xsd" name="Jhove" release="1.32.1" date="2025-02-06">
 <date>2026-06-15T15:21:01+03:00</date>
 <repInfo uri="/corpus/format-corpus/jhove-errors/PDF-HUL-27/10.1177_002188637401000301.pdf">
  <reportingModule release="1.12.7" date="2024-08-22">PDF-hul</reportingModule>
  <lastModified>2026-06-15T13:22:17+03:00</lastModified>
  <size>629889</size>
  <format>PDF</format>
  <version>1.3</version>
  <status>Well-Formed, but not valid</status>
  <sigMatch>
  <module>PDF-hul</module>
  </sigMatch>
  <messages>
   <message offset="629888" severity="error" id="PDF-HUL-27" infoLink="https://github.com/openpreserve/jhove/wiki/PDF-hul-Messages#pdf-hul-27">Invalid dictionary data for page</message>
  </messages>
  <mimeType>application/pdf</mimeType>
  <properties>
   <property>
    <name>PDFMetadata</name>
    <values arity="List" type="Property">
    <property>
     <name>Objects</name>
     <values arity="Scalar" type="Integer">
      <value>32</value>
     </values>
    </property>
    <property>
     <name>FreeObjects</name>
     <values arity="Scalar" type="Integer">
      <value>1</value>
     </values>
    </property>
    <property>
     <name>IncrementalUpdates</name>
     <values arity="Scalar" type="Integer">
      <value>0</value>
     </values>
    </property>
    <property>
     <name>DocumentCatalog</name>
     <values arity="List" type="Property">
     <property>
      <name>PageLayout</name>
      <values arity="Scalar" type="String">
       <value>SinglePage</value>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>PageMode</name>
      <values arity="Scalar" type="String">
       <value>UseNone</value>
      </values>
     </property>
     </values>
    </property>
    <property>
     <name>Info</name>
     <values arity="List" type="Property">
     <property>
      <name>Producer</name>
      <values arity="Scalar" type="String">
       <value>Apex PDFWriter</value>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>CreationDate</name>
      <values arity="Scalar" type="Date">
       <value>Wed Aug 31 22:24:50 EEST 2005</value>
      </values>
     </property>
     </values>
    </property>
    <property>
     <name>Filters</name>
     <values arity="List" type="Property">
     <property>
      <name>FilterPipeline</name>
      <values arity="Scalar" type="String">
       <value>FlateDecode</value>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>FilterPipeline</name>
      <values arity="Scalar" type="String">
       <value>CCITTFaxDecode</value>
      </values>
     </property>
     </values>
    </property>
    <property>
     <name>Images</name>
     <values arity="List" type="Property">
     <property>
      <name>Image</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>NisoImageMetadata</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="NISOImageMetadata">
        <value>
      <mix:mix xmlns:mix="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/mix20/mix20.xsd">
       <mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
        <mix:ObjectIdentifier>
         <mix:objectIdentifierType>JHOVE</mix:objectIdentifierType>
        </mix:ObjectIdentifier>
        <mix:FormatDesignation>
         <mix:formatName>image/tiff</mix:formatName>
        </mix:FormatDesignation>
        <mix:Compression>
         <mix:compressionScheme>CCITT 1D</mix:compressionScheme>
        </mix:Compression>
       </mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
       <mix:BasicImageInformation>
        <mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
         <mix:imageWidth>3400</mix:imageWidth>
         <mix:imageHeight>5300</mix:imageHeight>
         <mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
          <mix:colorSpace>BlackIsZero</mix:colorSpace>
         </mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
        </mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
       </mix:BasicImageInformation>
       <mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
        <mix:ImageColorEncoding>
         <mix:BitsPerSample>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleValue>1</mix:bitsPerSampleValue>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>integer</mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>
         </mix:BitsPerSample>
        </mix:ImageColorEncoding>
       </mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
      </mix:mix>
        </value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>Image</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>NisoImageMetadata</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="NISOImageMetadata">
        <value>
      <mix:mix xmlns:mix="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/mix20/mix20.xsd">
       <mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
        <mix:ObjectIdentifier>
         <mix:objectIdentifierType>JHOVE</mix:objectIdentifierType>
        </mix:ObjectIdentifier>
        <mix:FormatDesignation>
         <mix:formatName>image/tiff</mix:formatName>
        </mix:FormatDesignation>
        <mix:Compression>
         <mix:compressionScheme>CCITT 1D</mix:compressionScheme>
        </mix:Compression>
       </mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
       <mix:BasicImageInformation>
        <mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
         <mix:imageWidth>3400</mix:imageWidth>
         <mix:imageHeight>5300</mix:imageHeight>
         <mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
          <mix:colorSpace>BlackIsZero</mix:colorSpace>
         </mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
        </mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
       </mix:BasicImageInformation>
       <mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
        <mix:ImageColorEncoding>
         <mix:BitsPerSample>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleValue>1</mix:bitsPerSampleValue>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>integer</mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>
         </mix:BitsPerSample>
        </mix:ImageColorEncoding>
       </mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
      </mix:mix>
        </value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>Image</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>NisoImageMetadata</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="NISOImageMetadata">
        <value>
      <mix:mix xmlns:mix="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/mix20/mix20.xsd">
       <mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
        <mix:ObjectIdentifier>
         <mix:objectIdentifierType>JHOVE</mix:objectIdentifierType>
        </mix:ObjectIdentifier>
        <mix:FormatDesignation>
         <mix:formatName>image/tiff</mix:formatName>
        </mix:FormatDesignation>
        <mix:Compression>
         <mix:compressionScheme>CCITT 1D</mix:compressionScheme>
        </mix:Compression>
       </mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
       <mix:BasicImageInformation>
        <mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
         <mix:imageWidth>3400</mix:imageWidth>
         <mix:imageHeight>5300</mix:imageHeight>
         <mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
          <mix:colorSpace>BlackIsZero</mix:colorSpace>
         </mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
        </mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
       </mix:BasicImageInformation>
       <mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
        <mix:ImageColorEncoding>
         <mix:BitsPerSample>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleValue>1</mix:bitsPerSampleValue>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>integer</mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>
         </mix:BitsPerSample>
        </mix:ImageColorEncoding>
       </mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
      </mix:mix>
        </value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>Image</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>NisoImageMetadata</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="NISOImageMetadata">
        <value>
      <mix:mix xmlns:mix="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/mix20/mix20.xsd">
       <mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
        <mix:ObjectIdentifier>
         <mix:objectIdentifierType>JHOVE</mix:objectIdentifierType>
        </mix:ObjectIdentifier>
        <mix:FormatDesignation>
         <mix:formatName>image/tiff</mix:formatName>
        </mix:FormatDesignation>
        <mix:Compression>
         <mix:compressionScheme>CCITT 1D</mix:compressionScheme>
        </mix:Compression>
       </mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
       <mix:BasicImageInformation>
        <mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
         <mix:imageWidth>3400</mix:imageWidth>
         <mix:imageHeight>5300</mix:imageHeight>
         <mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
          <mix:colorSpace>BlackIsZero</mix:colorSpace>
         </mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
        </mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
       </mix:BasicImageInformation>
       <mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
        <mix:ImageColorEncoding>
         <mix:BitsPerSample>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleValue>1</mix:bitsPerSampleValue>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>integer</mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>
         </mix:BitsPerSample>
        </mix:ImageColorEncoding>
       </mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
      </mix:mix>
        </value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>Image</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>NisoImageMetadata</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="NISOImageMetadata">
        <value>
      <mix:mix xmlns:mix="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/mix20/mix20.xsd">
       <mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
        <mix:ObjectIdentifier>
         <mix:objectIdentifierType>JHOVE</mix:objectIdentifierType>
        </mix:ObjectIdentifier>
        <mix:FormatDesignation>
         <mix:formatName>image/tiff</mix:formatName>
        </mix:FormatDesignation>
        <mix:Compression>
         <mix:compressionScheme>CCITT 1D</mix:compressionScheme>
        </mix:Compression>
       </mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
       <mix:BasicImageInformation>
        <mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
         <mix:imageWidth>3400</mix:imageWidth>
         <mix:imageHeight>5300</mix:imageHeight>
         <mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
          <mix:colorSpace>BlackIsZero</mix:colorSpace>
         </mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
        </mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
       </mix:BasicImageInformation>
       <mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
        <mix:ImageColorEncoding>
         <mix:BitsPerSample>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleValue>1</mix:bitsPerSampleValue>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>integer</mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>
         </mix:BitsPerSample>
        </mix:ImageColorEncoding>
       </mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
      </mix:mix>
        </value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>Image</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>NisoImageMetadata</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="NISOImageMetadata">
        <value>
      <mix:mix xmlns:mix="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mix/v20 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/mix20/mix20.xsd">
       <mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
        <mix:ObjectIdentifier>
         <mix:objectIdentifierType>JHOVE</mix:objectIdentifierType>
        </mix:ObjectIdentifier>
        <mix:FormatDesignation>
         <mix:formatName>image/tiff</mix:formatName>
        </mix:FormatDesignation>
        <mix:Compression>
         <mix:compressionScheme>CCITT 1D</mix:compressionScheme>
        </mix:Compression>
       </mix:BasicDigitalObjectInformation>
       <mix:BasicImageInformation>
        <mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
         <mix:imageWidth>3400</mix:imageWidth>
         <mix:imageHeight>5300</mix:imageHeight>
         <mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
          <mix:colorSpace>BlackIsZero</mix:colorSpace>
         </mix:PhotometricInterpretation>
        </mix:BasicImageCharacteristics>
       </mix:BasicImageInformation>
       <mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
        <mix:ImageColorEncoding>
         <mix:BitsPerSample>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleValue>1</mix:bitsPerSampleValue>
          <mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>integer</mix:bitsPerSampleUnit>
         </mix:BitsPerSample>
        </mix:ImageColorEncoding>
       </mix:ImageAssessmentMetadata>
      </mix:mix>
        </value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     </values>
    </property>
    <property>
     <name>Pages</name>
     <values arity="List" type="Property">
     <property>
      <name>Page</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>Sequence</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="Integer">
        <value>1</value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>Page</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>Sequence</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="Integer">
        <value>2</value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>Page</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>Sequence</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="Integer">
        <value>3</value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>Page</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>Sequence</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="Integer">
        <value>4</value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>Page</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>Sequence</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="Integer">
        <value>5</value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     <property>
      <name>Page</name>
      <values arity="List" type="Property">
      <property>
       <name>Sequence</name>
       <values arity="Scalar" type="Integer">
        <value>6</value>
       </values>
      </property>
      </values>
     </property>
     </values>
    </property>
    </values>
   </property>
  </properties>
 </repInfo>
</jhove>

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