Seybold SF 2002 Mark Stephens (Managing Director).

Seybold SF 2002 Mark Stephens

(Managing Director)

www.idrsolutions.com

Who are IDRSolutions?

Established 1999Based in United Kingdom, resellers in Australia and USA.Customers range from large multi-nationals to individuals.Focus – Systems integration & extracting content from pdf.


Why extract data from pdf files?

Retrieve content from pdf files.Extract data from legacy systems using printed output which can be easily converted into pdf.

xml


Extraction from pdf

Pdf files lack structure so the items on the page are not connected.

We develop algorithms to group the content from different types of page layout to meet

customers’ requirements.


What do we offer?

StorypadEnterprise – a high end extraction and repurposing tool.Personal – a low-end extraction tool for pdf.Customized – versions to suit specific requirements.A new LGPL library for pdf.

Cross-platform tools written in JavaNative windows exe

(dll ??)


Java Pdf Extraction Decoder Access Library

Routines to read and parse pdf files Extraction of raw and scaled/clipped images Extraction of text fragments as XMLFont information converted to XML metadataLocation on page of objectsPage RasterizerExamples includedActive developmentFree of all dependencies – ie Acrobat SDKLGPL license –no license fee, full source code


LGPL and Open Source

Open Source offers ONE way to keep costs down, improve flexibility and match user requirements.Examples – itext, Zope, JBoss, MySQL, Linux, Xpdf, Ghostscript, Apache, Samba, GIMP….


Free as in air, not beer

Access to the source code.Right to modify the code.No license fees required.No limitations on usage.Limited lock-inCommercial support/development available.No support.Cannot be passed off as your own work.Acquisition cost – time to understand the software, modify it to meet requirements, test, support.


More details

Visit our websites at

www.idrsolutions.comwww.jpedal.org

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Seybold SF 2002 Mark Stephens (Managing Director).

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