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Isn't the reason extraction is almost impossible that everything in a PDF is placed inside a box? So every line has it's own box and paragraphs don't exist. Par
by thdrdt 6y ago
Isn't the reason extraction is almost impossible that everything in a PDF is placed inside a box? So every line has it's own box and paragraphs don't exist. Paragraphs are just multiple boxes placed together. The context of sentences is completely gone.
- joquarky 6y agoBasically. The text placement syntax is essentially "put this glyph or string of glyphs at these coordinates". So it could even be as granular as a textbox for each individual glyph.