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> On 4 Feb 2015, at 5:47 pm, Edward Zimmermann =
<edward.zimmermann@cib.de> wrote:
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> Does this have anything to do with Corinthia? No. Corinthia is about =
content and especially word processing formats (OOXML, ODF etc.).. =
Corinthia is at its core about pragmatic fidelity. The point of the =
bidirectional transformation model is to be able to reduce fidelity =
demands. Unless the project wants to get sidetracked into HiFi rendering =
(of DOCX or ODT) it's completely outside of the scope=E2=80=A6.

I think of PDF in the same way as I do PNG. It=E2=80=99s intended as an =
output format, not an input format. I know there are tools out there =
which are effectively half of an OCR system which can reconstruct a =
source document by inferring the logical structure from the layout (e.g. =
where a paragraph begins and ends), though this is quite a difficult =
problem and I=E2=80=99m not sure that it=E2=80=99d be within the scope =
of Corinthia (though if someone has ideas on this and wants to work on =
it, I=E2=80=99m all for it - it=E2=80=99s just a very difficult and very =
different task to writing filters for all the other formats we=E2=80=99ve =
discussed).

On the other side is output to PDF - that is, typesetting. This is =
something I also think would be outside the scope of the project (at =
least based on my understanding of people=E2=80=99s interests to date). =
We basically rely on separate programs to do the typesetting of a =
document produced by the library, e.g. LaTeX, WebKit/other browser =
engines.

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