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Supported JDF standard version

Syntax

XPath: /JDF[@Version="<version number>"]

Type

String

Description

The ticket encoding/decoding must comply to JDF 1.3. Therefore, the JDF version of the ticket must be equal to or higher than 1.3. The version is defined in the ticket with the attribute /JDF/@Version.

Example

<JDF Version="1.3">

Supported Océ extensions version

Syntax

XPath: /JDF/Comment[@Name="oce:TicketVersion"]/

Type

Text element

Description

When Canon extensions are used in a JDF ticket, the version of the Océ extensions must be defined. The current version is 4.00.

Example

<Comment Name="oce:TicketVersion">4.00</Comment>

Maximum ticket size

Description

The maximum supported ticket size is 1 MB.

Remark

Tickets larger than 1 MB are ignored.

Setting validation

Description

If a setting is not available in this specification, it is ignored.

If a setting or a value has a syntax which does not respect the JDF schemas, it is ignored.

The attribute @SettingsPolicy is not supported.

Remark

The policy for unsupported settings is "BestEffort" and not "MustHonor", see JDF Specification Release 1.3.

Size limits for JDF values

Description

The accepted length of the JDF attributes is not limited by the JDF device.

Remark

The size limits for JDF values are summarised in the table below:

Data type

Minimum [byte]

Maximum [byte]

Description

NMTOKEN

1

63

A continuous sequence of special characters as defined by the [XML].

For example:

JDF attributes are of data type NMTOKEN.

NMTOKENS

0

2047

Whitespace-separated list of NMTOKEN.

For example:

<JDF Types="example of NMTOKENS"/>

Enumeration

1

63

Limited set of NMTOKEN

For example:

<Orientations="Rotate90"/>

Enumerations

0

63

Whitespace-separated list of enumeration data types. Represents a list of values taken from a closed set.

For example:

<Orientations="Rotate90 Flip90"/>

ID

1

63

Unique identifier as defined by [XML]. Must be unique within the scope of the JDF-document.

For example:

<JDF ID="jdf_1">

<CustomerInfo ID="res_1">

IDREF

1

63

Reference to an element holding the unique identifier as defined by [XML].

For example:

rRef is of data type IDREF

<JDF>

<ResourcePool>

<Media ID="media_1"/>

</ResourcePool>

<ResourceLinkPool>

<MediaLink rRef="media_1">

</ResourceLinkPool>

</JDF>

String

0

1023

A normalised string, i.e. character strings without tabs, line feeds, etc.

For example:

<Name="Test With Space"/>

Exceptions:

  • max CustomerJobName = 255

  • max DescriptiveName = 40

  • max JobID = 63

  • max DeviceID = 63

  • A complete list is available in [ICS-Base]

Text element

0

20480

Text data contained in a text element.

For example:

<JDF> <Comment>My text</Comment> </JDF>