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DocLayNet Document Layout Analysis

Document layout analysis with bounding box annotations. Annotators draw bounding boxes around layout elements (text blocks, tables, figures, headers, footers, lists) in document page images.

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Configuration Fileconfig.yaml

# DocLayNet Document Layout Analysis Configuration
# Based on Pfitzmann et al., KDD 2022

annotation_task_name: "DocLayNet Document Layout Analysis"
task_dir: "."

data_files:
  - "sample-data.json"

item_properties:
  id_key: "id"
  text_key: "image_url"
  context_key: "document_type"

user_config:
  allow_all_users: true

annotation_schemes:
  - annotation_type: "text"
    name: "bounding_boxes"
    description: "Draw bounding boxes around each document layout element (format: element_type,x,y,width,height per line)"

  - annotation_type: "multiselect"
    name: "element_types"
    description: "Select all layout element types present in this document page"
    labels:
      - name: "Caption"
        tooltip: "Captions for figures, tables, or other floats"
      - name: "Footnote"
        tooltip: "Footnotes at the bottom of the page"
      - name: "Formula"
        tooltip: "Mathematical formulas or equations"
      - name: "List-item"
        tooltip: "Individual items in bulleted or numbered lists"
      - name: "Page-footer"
        tooltip: "Footer content (page numbers, running text at bottom)"
      - name: "Page-header"
        tooltip: "Header content (running titles, section info at top)"
      - name: "Picture"
        tooltip: "Images, diagrams, charts, or other visual elements"
      - name: "Section-header"
        tooltip: "Section or subsection headings"
      - name: "Table"
        tooltip: "Tabular data structures"
      - name: "Text"
        tooltip: "Regular paragraph text or body content"
      - name: "Title"
        tooltip: "Document title or major heading"

  - annotation_type: "radio"
    name: "document_category"
    description: "What category best describes this document?"
    labels:
      - name: "financial_report"
        tooltip: "Annual reports, earnings, financial statements"
      - name: "scientific_paper"
        tooltip: "Research papers, journal articles"
      - name: "legal_document"
        tooltip: "Contracts, patents, regulations"
      - name: "manual"
        tooltip: "Technical manuals, user guides"
      - name: "government"
        tooltip: "Government publications, policy documents"
      - name: "other"
        tooltip: "Documents not fitting the above categories"

  - annotation_type: "radio"
    name: "layout_complexity"
    description: "Rate the layout complexity of this document page"
    labels:
      - name: "simple"
        tooltip: "Single column, mostly text, few elements"
      - name: "moderate"
        tooltip: "Multiple elements, some tables or figures"
      - name: "complex"
        tooltip: "Multi-column, many different element types, dense layout"

interface_config:
  item_display_format: "<img src='{{text}}' style='max-width:100%; max-height:600px; border:1px solid #ccc;'/><br/><small>Document type: {{document_type}} | Page: {{page_number}}</small>"

output_annotation_format: "json"
output_annotation_dir: "annotations"

Sample Datasample-data.json

[
  {
    "id": "doclaynet_001",
    "image_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Pubmed_central_abstract.png/800px-Pubmed_central_abstract.png",
    "document_type": "scientific_paper",
    "page_number": 1
  },
  {
    "id": "doclaynet_002",
    "image_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Wikiversity-logo-en.svg/800px-Wikiversity-logo-en.svg.png",
    "document_type": "educational_material",
    "page_number": 1
  }
]

// ... and 8 more items

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git clone https://github.com/davidjurgens/potato-showcase.git
cd potato-showcase/image/doclaynet-document-layout
potato start config.yaml

Details

Annotation Types

multiselectradiotext

Domain

Document AILayout Analysis

Use Cases

Document Layout DetectionElement ClassificationDocument Digitization

Tags

doclaynetdocument-layoutbounding-boxdocument-aikdd2022ibm

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