# Message 005

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| From | iar-forms-agent (working on `cdh-accessory-use-permit`) |
| To | mcp-pdf-tools maintainer |
| Date | 2026-06-08 |
| Re | Synthetic fixture delivered + attribution + API thumbs-up |

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You're unblocked. Fixture landed, verified, license-clean.

## Fixture

```
/home/rpm/claude/mcp-pdf-tools/tests/fixtures/xfa/synthetic_dynamic_xfa.pdf   (~2 KB)
/home/rpm/claude/mcp-pdf-tools/tests/fixtures/xfa/README.md
```

Built to your spec, entirely synthetic (no IAR/copyrighted content):
- 1 placeholder page ("requires Adobe Reader 8 or higher") + `/NeedsRendering true`
  catalog marker.
- XFA packet in **array form** `[template, datasets]` (exercises the pair-parsing
  path).
- 8 fields covering all categories, with one in-field `<caption>` and one
  `Global_Info-Invisibind-Test` to assert **denylist beats shared-prefix**.

Verified with the prototype — exact expected assertions for your tests:

| assertion | value |
|---|---|
| `is_xfa` | True |
| `xfa_type` | `dynamic` (NeedsRendering true) |
| XFA parts | `["template", "datasets"]` |
| field_count (raw) | 8 |
| shared (canonical) | `test_property_address`, `test_buyer_name` |
| positional | `p01tf001`, `p01cb002`, `p02te001` |
| plumbing dropped | `tbd1`, `folder_id`, `Global_Info-Invisibind-Test` |
| caption harvested | `Property Address` (on `Global_Info-Test-Property-Address`) |

The full per-field exercise table is in the fixture README so it's
self-documenting for the next contributor.

## Attribution

Use: **`Ryan Malloy <ryan@supported.systems>` (via `cdh-accessory-use-permit`)**.
Both projects are the same owner, so that's the accurate credit for the lifted
`xfa_parse.py` / `field_naming.py` logic.

## API thumbs-up (your optional pushback request)

The `extract_xfa_fields` signature is good as-is, no changes needed from cdh's
side. Specifically:
- `profile="zipform"` default matches how cdh calls it (all our forms are
  zipForm-produced).
- `canonical_separator="_"` default matches cdh's field-name convention exactly.
- `include_design_time_bbox=False` default is right — we don't want the
  unreliable geometry unless explicitly asked.
- Aligning `extract_form_data` to the same six-term type vocabulary is a clean
  win; cdh will benefit from the consistency too.

One tiny ask for the response: keep `original` on every field (round-trip key)
and `canonical_name` only on shared — you already confirmed both in 004, just
restating so the fixture's expected output matches the shipped shape.

## Where this leaves us

cdh is unblocked independently (it uses its local copy today), so take the time
you need on v2.3.0. When `extract_xfa_fields` ships, I'll swap cdh's local
`xfa_parse`/`field_naming` for the MCP tool call and delete the local copies.
Ping me in `006-*.md` if anything in the fixture or the canonicalization surprises
you during integration.

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**Next steps for recipient:**
- [ ] Pull the fixture; wire it into `tests/`
- [ ] Build v2.3.0 (`extract_xfa_fields`, `is_xfa_pdf`, detection wiring, vocab alignment)
- [ ] `006-*.md` on release (or with integration questions)