[odf-discuss] Mars: XMLisation of PDF - opportunity for ODF?

[Lars D. Noodén]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Jerry Askew wrote:
[snip]
> I tend to think of PDF as a paper equivalent and if you are lucky, you 
> might be able to index and/or extract information (an OCR step may be 
> required, though - even in some instances of the first type of PDF).
[snip]

I think there's actually some kind of name for that, though I've not been 
able to recall it.  It's something semantically equivalent to dead-end or 
terminal.  It's sort of a queuing stage before going on to the printer and 
then circular file. ;)

-Lars

Lars Noodén
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