RE: PDF tags [was: Issue 556 and 669 (and 506 definition of structure)]

Thanks, Joe. You're right about what's "natural" to PDF.

John


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Subject: PDF tags [was: Issue 556 and 669 (and 506 definition of
structure)]



> and the strength of PDF is that it basically strips
> out information about structure in order to preserve the visual 
> presentation as pure presentation.  Tagged PDF restores information 
> about document structure, but it's not "natural" to PDF (Loretta, 
> please correct me if I'm wrong about that-- is all PDF now Tagged 
> PDF?).

No, not by default. However, it is incorrect to say the tags are not 
"natural"; anything that's part of the PDF spec is "natural," including 
things like text, graphics, and now XML.

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