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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Gregory S. Felderman, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian K. Hoyt, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory S. Felderman, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian K. Hoyt, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for improved Portable Document Format ('PDF') document archiving. The method includes scanning a source PDF document for a shared resource. The source PDF document includes a plurality of records. The shared resource includes a common resource referenced by way of a resource pointer associated with a record of the source PDF document. The method includes copying the shared resource to a resource group associated with the source PDF document. The method also includes short-circuiting a link between content for the shared resource and the resource pointer in each record that points to the shared resource. The method includes extracting a record from the source PDF document. The extracted record is void of content for the shared resource in response to the short-circuited link. Thus, records may be stored in a standalone format without excessive storage space requirements.