1.
*Optimizing Data Extraction*: Best practices for configuring PDFBox to
extract text and data most efficiently from system-generated PDFs. Any
specific configurations or methods that enhance accuracy would be extremely
helpful.
Depending on the input, you should decide on using the sort option or
not when extracting text.
"system-generated PDFs", did you generate them yourself? Or are you guys
trying to scrape externally generated PDFs? The later will be a ton of
work because the quality of such PDFs varies a lot.
2.
*Table Identification and Extraction*: Strategies for identifying and
extracting data from both lattice and non-lattice table formats. Is there a
particular approach or combination of tools within PDFBox that can
facilitate this process?
PDFBox doesn't identify tables. You can do this with "Tabula", a
software on top of PDFBox.
What you can do with PDFBox if the tables are always at the same place,
is to use the ExtractTextByArea class.
3.
*Structured Data Conversion*: Advice on transforming the extracted
unstructured data into a structured format, suitable for further analysis
and processing. If there are any recommended workflows or additional tools
that integrate well with PDFBox for this purpose, it would be beneficial to
learn about them.
That's not part of PDFBox. You should decide yourself if you use XML,
JSON or whatever.
4.
*Performance Optimization*: Tips on enhancing processing speed and
managing large volumes of documents without compromising on the quality of
data extraction.
Make sure you have enough memory, and don't use outdated java (or
PDFBox) versions.
Tilman
Your insights could significantly impact our project's success, as we aim
to streamline our processes and improve our data handling capabilities. I
am looking forward to your expert recommendations and would be happy to
provide further details as needed.
Thank you very much for considering my request. I hope to hear from you
soon.
Best regards,
ROHIT KOHLI
CTO
ScoreMe, India
