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PDF to Text, a challenging problem

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357 points ingve | 2 comments | 13 May 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.52s | source
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bickfordb ◴[13 May 25 19:31 UTC] No.43976711[source]▶
Maybe it's time for new document formats and browsers that neatly separate content, presentation and UI layers? PDF and HTML are 20+ years old and it's often difficult to extract information from either let alone author a browser.
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1. rrr_oh_man ◴[13 May 25 19:37 UTC] No.43976780[source]▶
Yes, but I'm sure they're out there somewhere

(https://xkcd.com/927/)

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2. TRiG_Ireland ◴[13 May 25 22:51 UTC] No.43978658[source]▶
Open XML Paper Specification is an XML-based format intended to compete with PDF. Unlike PDF, it is purely static: no scripting.

Also unlike PDF, I've never seen it actually used in the wild.