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Re:What's so hard about PDF text extraction? by mmm_grayons on Monday September 14, 2020 @10:18AM (#24470425)
Is he implying that providing healthcare is a legal requirement for most governments? If so, that seems off-topic.
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Re:What's so hard about PDF text extraction? by dqv on Monday September 14, 2020 @10:48AM (#24470785)
They are saying that, like many governments, healthcare requires the use of the PDF/A-1a standard.
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Re:What's so hard about PDF text extraction? by PostPlummer on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @01:41AM (#24478208)
That is it.
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Re:What's so hard about PDF text extraction? by Joker_vD on Monday September 14, 2020 @11:17AM (#24471172)
You mean, like many (non-US) governments, (the US) healthcare requires the use of the PDF/A-1a? It's just a somewhat bizarre contraposition: "Like many animals, Helianthus annuus needs water to survive". Wait, but it's a plant, right? "Yes, and it needs water, just like animals".
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Re:What's so hard about PDF text extraction? by dqv on Monday September 14, 2020 @11:40AM (#24471445)
I just assumed that they meant that there are many healthcare orgs that require this standard.
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