j-oe / segments

Semantic PDF Segmentation for Legacy Documents in Technical Documentation

Semantic PDF Segmentation - SEMANTiCS 2018

This repository contains the prototypical implementation of the ideas presented in the submitted paper: Semantic PDF Segmentation for Legacy Documents in Technical Documentation.

The implementation is based on previous work available at: http://janoevermann.de/

Hosted demo

A hosted demo is available at: http://segments.fastclass.de

Run demo locally

To run a local version of the demo:

1. clone the repository
2. build from source (see below)
3. start a web server in the dist folder
4. navigate your browser to the location

Build from source

To build the demo from source you need to have the following tools globally installed:

• npm (for development dependencies)

Execute the following steps to set up the development environment (directory src). A build will be automatically initiated

1. npm install

To generate a new build from source (directory dist):

1. gulp build