But there are at least some possibilities for further conversion from
postscript. The University of Karlsruhe for example developed a ps to html/gif
converter some years ago which has a heuristic algorithm for a table of contents

recognition. You can find an automatically generated example
http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/cgi-bin/psview?document=2000%2Fphysik%2F3
and information about the software
http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/~guenter/pscript/

Regards
Frank

"Kraemer, Beth" wrote:

> As a post-script it's still not a very functional document (you can print
> it).  I doubt we'd want to go back and do any retrospective mark-up, but why
> rely on such a limited document type when we don't have to?
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Michael Robertson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Tuesday, January 23, 2001 4:05 PM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        Re: ETDs are we rushings?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kraemer, Beth" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:31 PM
> Subject: Re: ETDs are we rushings?
>
> > PDF is not even convertible now, so I am not optimistic about the future.
> > There are other formats that are convertible now and don't require
> > proprietary software for viewing.  PDF is the "industry standard" for
> > *delivery*, but I think we have to choose something else for archiving.
> > -Beth
>
> PDF is convertible now.  Programs like Ghostview can convert PDF's into
> Postscript.
>
> Michael Robertson, http://www.rit.edu/~marwml/
> Wallace Library, http://wally.rit.edu/
> Rochester Institute of Technology
> 90 Lomb Memorial Dr.
> Rochester, NY 14623-5604
> 716-475-2050

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