Internet Access to Scanned Paper Documents

In this contribution we identify the different structures to encounter in a hyperdocument. Methods are described for deriving those structures from scanned paper originals. The content and structure of the document is then made available in a form suited for an Internet browser. It provides convenient access to the scanned paper document KEYWORDS Document access, document understanding, hypertext structure, hypertext understanding INTRODUCTION With the advent of the Internet, remote access to archives of digitized paper documents is now feasible. This is of great importance for archived scientific journals, design archives of airplanes, patent applications, and manuals. Access to such documents is mostly done by scanning the document, showing the facsimile for visual inspection. However, such documents exhibit a number of identifiable structures. When the content and full structure of the documentwould be available, access could be based on those. To derive the structure and conten..