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Creating structured PDF files using XML templates

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Creating structured PDF files using XML templates
This paper describes a tool for recombining the logical structure from an XML document with the typeset appearance of the corresponding PDF document. The tool uses the XML representation as a template for the insertion of the logical structure into the existing PDF document, thereby creating a Structured/Tagged PDF. The addition of logical structure adds value to the PDF in three ways: the accessibility is improved (PDF screen readers for visually impaired users perform better), media options are enhanced (the ability to reflow PDF documents, using structure as a guide, makes PDF viable for use on hand-held devices) and the re-usability of the PDF documents benefits greatly from the presence of an XML-like structure tree to guide the process of text retrieval in reading order (e.g. when interfacing to XML applications and databases). Categories and Subject Descriptors E.1 [Data]: Data Structures — Trees; I.7.2 [Document and Text Processing]: Document Preparation — Markup Languages...
Matthew R. B. Hardy, David F. Brailsford, Peter L.
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Type Conference
Year 2004
Where DOCENG
Authors Matthew R. B. Hardy, David F. Brailsford, Peter L. Thomas
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