Definition
A Python library used in the ingestion layer of RAG pipelines to perform high-fidelity extraction of text, metadata, and visual elements from PDF documents, specifically optimized for preserving table structures and spatial layout.
Focuses on layout-aware extraction and table parsing rather than just basic text stream recovery or PDF creation.
"A surgical scalpel for documents that can precisely extract a table's grid without blurring the surrounding text."
- Document Ingestion(Parent Process)
- Table Extraction(Core Competency)
- Unstructured.io(Orchestration Alternative)
- Semantic Chunking(Downstream Dependency)
Conceptual Overview
A Python library used in the ingestion layer of RAG pipelines to perform high-fidelity extraction of text, metadata, and visual elements from PDF documents, specifically optimized for preserving table structures and spatial layout.
Disambiguation
Focuses on layout-aware extraction and table parsing rather than just basic text stream recovery or PDF creation.
Visual Analog
A surgical scalpel for documents that can precisely extract a table's grid without blurring the surrounding text.