NIH Common Forms and attachments
Context-aware technical and content-presence checks for NIH material.
PDFNIH
Validator directory
Choose the validator that matches the handoff.
The public workspace centers four destination routes. Fetch current machine-readable capabilities before relying on a validator for a live submission.
01/ PRIMARY
ClinicalTrials.gov protocol and results
Structured and document checks for protocol and results submission records.
PDFXMLJSON
Federal court CM/ECF PDF
Technical PDF readiness with a declared court name and local size limit.
PDFCM/ECF
Journal submission compliance
Checks commonly missing manuscript declarations and sections against the selected publisher baseline.
PDFDOCXTXT
02/ SECONDARY
Generic technical PDF
PDF integrity and technical-readiness checks without a destination profile.
PDFtechnical
NSF grant attachment
Grant attachment PDF checks using the NSF profile. It is not a primary public route.
PDFNSF
ZIP package manifest
Archive and declared package-policy checks. Optional package policy must be a JSON object.
ZIPJSON policy
USPTO Patent Center
Patent Center file type, size, and PDF compatibility checks. Confirm current USPTO requirements independently.
PDFDOCXTXTZIP
Launch maximum: 50 MiB. A selected profile may enforce a lower limit. See GET /api/v1/validators for live validator metadata, sources, file types, and credit cost.
03/ JOURNAL
Manuscript compliance
See the publisher baselines before you upload.
General journal, Springer Nature, and Elsevier baselines make the compliance scope visible. They do not guarantee a specific journal’s decision.
Review journal compliance