2025.1.28 BJHEC Agenda.pdf

12-2021_USCB_History.pdf

Summer Guide 2025_Final for print-compressed.pdf

Student-Identity-and-Academic-Records-Security-and-Confidentiality-Statement.pdf

2025.3.11 the BJHEC Agenda.pdf

2025.6.19 BJHEC Final Agenda.6.16.25.2.pdf

2025.2.20 Follow Up Session.pdf

Ensure each PDF document has a formally defined title.

## What this means

A PDF title, typically found in the document properties, acts as the official name of the document. This title is used by screen readers and other assistive technologies to provide a clear understanding of the document's content at the outset. It's different from any title or heading text that might appear within the content of the PDF itself.

## Why it matters

1. **Accessibility**: Screen reader users often hear the document title first when they open a PDF. A clear, descriptive title helps them understand what the document is about.
2. **Searchability and Organization**: A proper title makes it easier to search for and organize documents on a computer or network.

## How to fix

1. **Set the Title in Document Properties**: In your PDF editor, access the document properties section and ensure there is a title that accurately reflects the content of the PDF.
2. **Use Descriptive Titles**: Avoid vague titles. Instead, choose titles that clearly and concisely convey the subject or purpose of the document.

## Testing Methodology

Silktide checks the document properties of a PDF to verify that a title is 
specified and not empty.

### Limitations
- **Title Relevance**: While Silktide can detect the presence of a title, it does not evaluate the title's relevance or accuracy in representing the document's content.

## Further Reading

- [WCAG - PDF 18](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/PDF18.html)
- [Setting Titles in PDF Documents](https://www.adobe.com/accessibility/pdf/pdf-accessibility-overview.html)

pdf-no-title

September 2025

August 2025

University of South Carolina Beaufort

	Title / URL	Issues
	2025.1.28 BJHEC Agenda.pdfwww.uscb.edu/about/bjhec/images/2025.1.28%20BJHEC%20Agenda.pdf	1
	12-2021_USCB_History.pdfwww.uscb.edu/about/pdfs/12-2021_USCB_History.pdf	1
	Summer Guide 2025_Final for print-compressed.pdfwww.uscb.edu/lifelong-learning/olli/pdfs/Summer%20Guide%202025_Final%20for%20print-compressed.pdf	1
	Student-Identity-and-Academic-Records-Security-and-Confidentiality-Statement.pdfwww.uscb.edu/registrar/pdfs/Student-Identity-and-Academic-Records-Security-and-Confidentiality-Statement.pdf	1
	2025.3.11 the BJHEC Agenda.pdfwww.uscb.edu/about/bjhec/2025.3.11%20the%20BJHEC%20Agenda.pdf	1
	2025.6.19 BJHEC Final Agenda.6.16.25.2.pdfwww.uscb.edu/about/bjhec/2025.6.19%20BJHEC%20Final%20Agenda.6.16.25.2.pdf	1
	2025.2.20 Follow Up Session.pdfwww.uscb.edu/about/bjhec/2025.2.20%20Follow%20Up%20Session.pdf	1

Ensure PDFs have a title

University of South Carolina Beaufort

Where this issue has occurred