Comment on Show HN: Parsing horse racing charts with Apache PDFBoxparentComments−cpach9ySadly I think that often the publishers actually want it that way, i.e. the they do not want the data to be easily parsable...−beager9yI think it's more that they want consistency in rendering across devices and media.−maxxxxx9yFor legal documents (where PDF was used first as far as I know) this may make sense but for manuals and other documents it makes no sense at all.
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Sadly I think that often the publishers actually want it that way, i.e. the they do not want the data to be easily parsable...
I think it's more that they want consistency in rendering across devices and media.
For legal documents (where PDF was used first as far as I know) this may make sense but for manuals and other documents it makes no sense at all.