on 1/24/01 4:09 AM, Frank Scholze at [log in to unmask]
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> 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/

Looking at this I see some possibilities for reinforcing a difficult
archiving solution. It means more steps in the process - convert to
postscript and use this converter to convert to html/gif. This avoids the
necessity of completely relying on PDF. And since HTML is an open standard
this might avoid any possible problems further down the line.  Of course
integrating a PDF and .ps creation into the submission process might avoid
some post-submission conversion.

Keith

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