Subject: RE: [xsl] PDF to XSL-FO From: "bryan" <bry@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 18:55:54 +0100 |
>If you >could convert the PDF to FO you could just as easily convert it to some >specific DTD--the problem is essentially the same and has the same level >of difficulty. Yeah but there is in fact one benefit to getting it in xsl-fo, which would be building code to edit/merge fo instances. Getting the PDF to a specific dtd is only useful in situations where the structure of your pdfs imply some form of meaning, for example a bunch of pdfs generated by Academics to print their whitepapers could perhaps be processed in this way but once one was trying to deal with PDF of any particular format I just don't think there's too much meaningful information in them other than their layout without a lot of preperation. So I guess what I'm saying is: the more general the solution for this kind of problem the more it must be focused on extracting layout information only. Anyone have any arguments against that, could be I haven't considered things very deeply on this issue but am just going on gut instinct. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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