http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/limitations-of-the-pdf/article5998841.ece
== snip == The basic format doesn’t include any requirement that text be selectable or searchable, while data presented as charts and tables is often impossible to export in any useable way. It’s the standard file format for nearly every academic paper, political briefing and research note. But a new report by the World Bank suggests that the venerable pdf is keeping valuable information buried in servers, unread and unloved. == /snip == -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.