- From: Carr, Jeff <Jeff.Carr@lrn.va.gov>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:41:03 -0500
- To: "'Staffin, Elliott'" <StaffinE@SEC.GOV>, www-html@w3.org
Since html is a plain text file, searching is very easy, and can be done in basically any language or method that you might care to try. Also, query's can be built using the DOM/HTML and/or XPath/XHTML. Using XHTML, the information can be imported/exported to and from databases fairly easily. So it really doesn't get any easier than HTML. PDF's on the other hand can be searched using (mostly) proprietary software, but it's not nearly as flexible. I don't have as much experience with PDF's as HTML however, so I would be interested in the opinion of someone who uses them regularly. -----Original Message----- From: Staffin, Elliott [mailto:StaffinE@SEC.GOV] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 2:31 PM To: www-html@w3.org Subject: HTML vs. PDF Is it still true that HTML offers greater search capabilities within a document or between documents than PDF? Thanks, Elliot Staffin staffine@www.sec.gov or Elliotstffn@aol.com
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