Docling Simplifies Document Parsing and Conversion with Open-Source Library
Summary
Docling, an open-source library, simplifies document parsing and conversion by abstracting parsing, OCR, table reconstruction, and multimodal export behind a straightforward API and CLI, converting unstructured PDFs into structured formats like Markdown, JSON, or DataFrames, streamlining data wrangling for data scientists and ML engineers.
Key Points
- Docling is an open-source library that abstracts parsing, layout understanding, OCR, table reconstruction, multimodal export, and audio transcription behind a straightforward API and CLI
- It converts unstructured documents like PDFs directly into structured formats like Markdown, JSON, or Pandas DataFrames, streamlining data wrangling for data scientists and ML engineers
- While powerful, Docling can struggle with OCR on images and can be computationally intensive, but it provides a versatile toolbox for working with documents across various formats