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This PR replaces our own PDF parser with CERMINE.
In my tests, this library was able to extract (relatively) correct information from a wide variety of articles. It had some problems with books and thesises (what is the plural of a thesis?) through.
As far as I understand it, it uses neural networks that try to analyze the PDF on a structural level (e.g. the title is often placed rather prominently). More information can be found in a paper.
In summary:
Pros:
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A comparison of different metadata extract tools can be found in the following blog post, which ends with the following summary
I tried to include Grobid but it appears to be hard to use and has some problems on Windows (until recently?).
@koppor I added you as reviewer since you wrote the PdfImporter as far as I understood it.
gradle localizationUpdate
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