In this paper, we propose a new approach to document segmentation which exploits both local texture characteristics and image structure to segment scanned documents into regions such as text, background, headings and images. Our method is based on the use of a multiscale Bayesian framework. This framework is chosen because it allows accurate modeling of both the image characteristics and contex...

In this paper, we propose a new approach to document segmentation which exploits both local texture characteristics and image structure to segment scanned documents into regions such as text, background, headings and images. Our method is based on the use of a multiscale Bayesian framework. This framework is chosen because it allows accurate modeling of both the image characteristics and contex...

We consider assembling documents using, as a source, a digital library containing SGML documents. The assembly process contains two parts: 1) nding interesting fragments, and 2) constructing a coherent document. We present a general document assembly framework. First, we describe a system for tailoring control engineering textbooks. Its assembling facilities are rather restricted but, on the ot...

This paper describes a number of experiments that explored the issues surrounding the retrieval of spoken documents. Two such issues were examined. First, attempting to nd the best use of speech recogniser output to produce the highest retrieval e ectiveness. Second, investigating the potential problems of retrieving from a so-called \mixed collection", i.e. one that contains documents from bot...

A huge amount of documents is created and changed in our everyday life, so that Version Control Systems like Git or SVN are tightly integrated with documents workflows. On the other hand, XML has come of age as a basis for document formats, and even though XML as a textbased format is suitable for version control in principle, the fact that version control systems work on files makes the integr...