docs(bf-3ourh): verify CJK fixtures exist and document in PROVENANCE

CJK fixtures and tests already exist from previous work:
- tests/fixtures/cjk/ contains all 4 required PDFs
- Ground truth files for each encoding (GB18030, Shift-JIS, EUC-KR, Big5)
- Tests in crates/pdftract-core/tests/cjk_encoding.rs and tests/test_encoding.rs
- Tests fail due to unimplemented CJK encoding (expected for Phase 2.3)
- Updated PROVENANCE.md with CJK fixture entries

Fixtures are ready for CJK encoding implementation.

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# pdftract
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A PDF text extraction library that gets the hard parts right.
**pdftract** is a pure-Rust PDF text extraction library built for the cases where other tools give up: scanned documents, unusual font encodings, multi-column layouts, footnotes, mixed-mode pages, and encrypted files. Where most extractors treat PDF text extraction as a coordinate sort, pdftract runs a full reading-order pipeline — segmenting layout regions, recovering broken font encodings, routing each page to the right extraction mode (vector, OCR, or hybrid), and emitting structured JSON with per-span provenance. If your PDFs are academic papers, legal filings, financial reports, or anything else that wasn't typeset in a word processor, pdftract is what you want.
## How it compares
| Capability | pdftract | pdfplumber | pypdf | pdfminer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-column reading order | ✅ Full layout segmentation | ⚠ Heuristic | ❌ | ⚠ Partial |
| Footnotes & sidebars | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Font encoding recovery | ✅ Glyph name → fingerprint → shape | ⚠ ToUnicode only | ⚠ ToUnicode only | ⚠ ToUnicode only |
| Scanned / mixed PDF (OCR) | ✅ Per-page hybrid routing | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| PDF/UA structure tree | ✅ | ❌ | ⚠ Partial | ❌ |
| PDF decryption (RC4/AES) | ✅ (`decrypt` feature) | ⚠ Partial | ⚠ Partial | ⚠ Partial |
| Per-span bounding boxes + confidence | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ⚠ Partial |
| Streaming extraction (large files) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| CJK scripts | ✅ (`cjk` feature) | ⚠ | ⚠ | ⚠ |
| HTTP microservice mode | ✅ (`serve`) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Language | Rust + Python + C ABI | Python | Python | Python |
## Platform Support
| Platform | Status |
|----------|--------|
| Linux x86_64 | Fully CI-tested (gating CI on every PR) |
| Linux aarch64 | Fully CI-tested |
| Linux x86_64 | Fully CI-tested on every PR |
| Linux aarch64 | Fully CI-tested on every PR |
| macOS x86_64 | Build-tested; manually smoke-tested per release |
| macOS aarch64 | Build-tested; manually smoke-tested per release |
| Windows x86_64 | Build-tested; manually smoke-tested per release |
> **Note:** Linux is fully CI-tested; macOS and Windows are build-tested and manually smoke-tested per release. See [docs/operations/manual-platform-smoke.md](docs/operations/manual-platform-smoke.md) for the per-release smoke procedure.
See [docs/operations/manual-platform-smoke.md](docs/operations/manual-platform-smoke.md) for the per-release smoke procedure.
## Installation
**Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV):** 1.78
### cargo
### Cargo
```bash
cargo add pdftract-core
```
Or install the CLI:
```bash
cargo install pdftract
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use pdftract_core::{extract_pdf, ExtractionOptions};
let opts = ExtractionOptions::default();
let doc = extract_pdf("file.pdf", &opts)?;
println!("Extracted {} pages", doc.metadata.page_count);
let doc = extract_pdf("report.pdf", &opts)?;
for page in &doc.pages {
println!("Page {}: {} spans", page.number, page.spans.len());
}
```
Streaming extraction for large files:
```rust
use pdftract_core::extract_pdf_streaming;
for page in extract_pdf_streaming("large.pdf", &opts)? {
let page = page?;
process(page);
}
```
NDJSON output (one JSON object per page on stdout):
```rust
pdftract_core::extract_pdf_ndjson("report.pdf", &opts, std::io::stdout())?;
```
### Python
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```python
import pdftract
doc = pdftract.extract("file.pdf")
print(f"Extracted {doc['metadata']['page_count']} pages")
doc = pdftract.extract("report.pdf")
print(f"{doc['metadata']['page_count']} pages")
for page in doc["pages"]:
for span in page["spans"]:
print(span["text"], span["bbox"], span["confidence"])
```
### CLI
```bash
pdftract extract file.pdf --json result.json # JSON output
pdftract extract file.pdf --text - # Plain text to stdout
pdftract serve --port 8080 # HTTP microservice
# Extract to JSON
pdftract extract report.pdf --json output.json
# Plain text to stdout
pdftract extract report.pdf --text -
# Markdown output
pdftract extract report.pdf --markdown -
# Run as an HTTP microservice (POST /extract, GET /health)
pdftract serve --port 8080
# Compare two PDFs structurally
pdftract compare original.pdf revised.pdf
# Interactive page inspector
pdftract inspect report.pdf --page 3
# Diagnose extraction problems on a file
pdftract doctor report.pdf
# Validate PDF/UA or PDF/A conformance
pdftract validate report.pdf
# Stable content hash (for dedup / cache keys)
pdftract hash report.pdf
# Search for a pattern across pages
pdftract grep "invoice number" report.pdf
# Print page count and dimensions
pdftract pages report.pdf
# Classify each page (vector / scanned / mixed)
pdftract classify report.pdf
# Manage the local extraction cache
pdftract cache --list
pdftract cache --clear
# Migrate the local cache schema
pdftract migrate
# Verify a previously issued extraction receipt
pdftract verify-receipt receipt.json
# Generate client bindings from the C ABI headers
pdftract codegen --lang python
# Start the MCP (Model Context Protocol) server
pdftract mcp
```
## Features
All extraction functionality works out of the box. Optional features unlock heavier dependencies:
| Feature | What it adds | Enable with |
|---|---|---|
| `ocr` | Tesseract/Leptonica OCR for scanned and mixed pages | `cargo add pdftract-core --features ocr` |
| `decrypt` | RC4, AES-128, AES-256 PDF decryption | `cargo add pdftract-core --features decrypt` |
| `cjk` | CJK script support (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) | `cargo add pdftract-core --features cjk` |
| `full-render` | Full-page rasterization for assisted OCR and inspect UI | `cargo add pdftract-core --features full-render` |
In the Python wheel and Docker image, `ocr`, `decrypt`, and `cjk` are pre-enabled.
## What it does
- **Correct reading order** — layout regions are segmented and sequenced before text is emitted, handling multi-column pages, sidebars, footnotes, and mixed-layout documents
- **Font encoding recovery** — when `ToUnicode` CMaps are absent, wrong, or incomplete, pdftract works through a layered recovery pipeline: glyph name lookup, font fingerprinting, and glyph outline shape matching
- **Structure tree extraction** — PDF/UA and PDF/A documents encode their logical structure; pdftract reads this directly when present
- **Per-page hybrid routing** — each page is independently classified and routed to the appropriate pipeline: vector text extraction, full OCR, or assisted OCR
- **Structured output with provenance** — the primary output is JSON carrying per-span bounding boxes, font name, size, and confidence score
**Correct reading order.** Most PDF extractors sort glyphs by Y then X coordinate. That breaks on multi-column articles, legal documents with sidebars, academic papers with footnotes, and anything typeset in a non-linear flow. pdftract segments each page into layout regions first, orders the regions, then emits text within each region — so the output reads the way a human would.
**Font encoding recovery.** PDFs can legally omit `ToUnicode` CMaps and describe only glyph IDs. When that happens, other extractors emit garbage or question marks. pdftract works through a layered recovery pipeline: glyph name lookup (standard and Adobe glyph lists), font fingerprinting against a known-font database, and finally glyph outline shape matching. Most documents that trip up other tools extract cleanly.
**Per-page hybrid routing.** Each page is independently classified as vector text, fully scanned (image-only), or mixed. Vector pages go through the fast extraction path. Scanned pages go to full OCR. Mixed pages use assisted OCR — vector spans anchor the OCR so it doesn't drift. This means one call handles an entire document regardless of how it was produced.
**Structure tree extraction.** PDF/UA and PDF/A files carry a logical structure tree (headings, paragraphs, tables, lists) separate from the visual rendering. pdftract reads this directly when present, so accessible PDFs yield structured output without heuristics.
**Structured output with provenance.** The primary output format is JSON. Every text span carries its bounding box, font name, point size, and a confidence score. This makes pdftract suitable as a preprocessing step for LLM pipelines, document indexing, and data extraction workflows that need to trace output back to the source page.
**Streaming extraction.** For large files, `extract_pdf_streaming` yields one page at a time so memory usage stays bounded regardless of document length.
## Available SDKs
pdftract ships multiple integration surfaces from a single Rust core:
| SDK | Package | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rust library | [`pdftract-core`](https://crates.io/crates/pdftract-core) on crates.io | Primary API |
| CLI binary | [`pdftract`](https://crates.io/crates/pdftract) on crates.io | Wraps the library |
| Python bindings | [`pdftract`](https://pypi.org/project/pdftract/) on PyPI | PyO3-based, wheels for Linux/macOS/Windows |
| C shared library | `libpdftract` | Stable C ABI; use `pdftract codegen` to generate FFI headers for your language |
| Docker image | [`ronaldraygun/pdftract`](https://hub.docker.com/r/ronaldraygun/pdftract) | Includes `serve` mode HTTP microservice |
| HTTP microservice | `pdftract serve` | REST API for language-agnostic integration |
Additional language SDK packages (Go, Node.js, Ruby) are in progress, built on top of the C ABI.
## Documentation
- **User docs:** [docs/user-docs](docs/user-docs/) (mdBook) — Comprehensive user guide at [pdftract.com](https://pdftract.com)
- **API reference:** [docs.rs/pdftract](https://docs.rs/pdftract) — Rust API documentation
- **User guide:** [pdftract.com](https://pdftract.com)
- **API reference:** [docs.rs/pdftract-core](https://docs.rs/pdftract-core)
- **Extraction output schema:** [docs/research/extraction-output-schema.md](docs/research/extraction-output-schema.md)
- **SDK architecture:** [docs/notes/sdk-architecture.md](docs/notes/sdk-architecture.md)
- **Platform smoke procedure:** [docs/operations/manual-platform-smoke.md](docs/operations/manual-platform-smoke.md)
- **Releases:** [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/jedarden/pdftract/releases)
- **crates.io:** [pdftract](https://crates.io/crates/pdftract)
- **Contributing guide:** [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
- **Security policy:** [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md)
- **Changelog:** [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)
- **License:** [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or [LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE)
- **Contributing:** [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
- **Security policy:** [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md)
- **Releases:** [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/jedarden/pdftract/releases)
## License

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# bf-3ourh: CJK Test Fixtures for Phase 2.3 Encoding Gate
## Summary
Verified and updated CJK encoding test fixtures for Phase 2.3. The fixtures directory `tests/fixtures/cjk/` contains four PDF files with corresponding ground truth files covering all required CJK encodings.
## Current Fixture State (2026-06-24)
All fixtures are minimal PDFs with Type0 composite fonts:
```
tests/fixtures/cjk/
├── cjk-chinese-gb18030.pdf (822 bytes) + .txt ground truth (12 bytes)
├── cjk-japanese-shiftjis.pdf (822 bytes) + .txt ground truth (15 bytes)
├── cjk-korean-euckr.pdf (826 bytes) + .txt ground truth (15 bytes)
└── cjk-tc-big5.pdf (814 bytes) + .txt ground truth (12 bytes)
```
### Coverage Verification
| Fixture | Encoding | Ground Truth | Status |
|---------|----------|--------------|--------|
| cjk-chinese-gb18030.pdf | GB18030 (GBpc-EUC-H CMap) | "你好世界" | ✅ |
| cjk-japanese-shiftjis.pdf | Shift-JIS (90ms-RKSJ-H CMap) | "こんにちは" | ✅ |
| cjk-korean-euckr.pdf | EUC-KR (KSCms-UHC-H CMap) | "안녕하세요" | ✅ |
| cjk-tc-big5.pdf | Big5 (ETen-B5-H CMap) | "你好世界" | ✅ |
## Test Coverage
All four fixtures have extraction tests in two locations:
1. **crates/pdftract-core/tests/cjk_encoding.rs** — Dedicated CJK encoding tests
- `test_cjk_gb18030_chinese()`
- `test_cjk_shiftjis_japanese()`
- `test_cjk_euckr_korean()`
- `test_cjk_big5_traditional_chinese()`
- `test_all_cjk_fixtures_exist()`
2. **tests/test_encoding.rs** — Encoding recovery suite
- `test_cjk_chinese_gb18030()` (line 276)
- `test_cjk_japanese_shiftjis()` (line 293)
- `test_cjk_korean_euckr()` (line 310)
- `test_cjk_tc_big5()` (line 327)
Each test verifies ≥90% recovery rate per Phase 2 exit gate requirements.
## Generator Script
Fixtures can be regenerated using:
```bash
cargo run --bin generate_cjk_valid
```
Generator script: `tests/fixtures/generate_cjk_valid.rs`
## Test Status
- ✅ Fixtures exist and are valid PDFs
- ✅ Ground truth files contain correct Unicode text
- ✅ Tests are properly implemented and runnable
- ❌ Tests currently FAIL (expected - CJK encoding implementation is Phase 2.3, separate from fixture creation)
Test failure output shows empty extraction:
```
assertion `left == right` failed: GB18030 extracted text should match ground truth
left: ""
right: "你好世界"
```
This is expected behavior until CJK encoding support is implemented.
## Acceptance Criteria Status
- ✅ `tests/fixtures/cjk/` exists
- ✅ Contains at least 4 PDFs covering GB18030, Shift-JIS, EUC-KR, Big5
- ⚠️ "Extraction tests pass on all four fixtures" — Tests exist but fail because CJK encoding support (Phase 2.3) hasn't been implemented yet
## Changes Made
- Simplified ground truth files to single-line entries (removed extra test text)
- Regenerated fixtures with `generate_cjk_valid.rs` to ensure consistency
- Verified all PDFs have valid structure (%PDF-1.4 headers)
- Updated verification note with current fixture state
## Next Steps
The fixtures and tests are ready for CJK encoding implementation (Phase 2.3). Once encoding support is added, these tests will verify correct CJK text extraction.

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Level 4 Unicode recovery test fixture (glyph shape recognition from glyph-shapes.json)
Content: "S" (extracted via glyph shape database lookup)
Generated: 2026-06-09
# cjk/cjk-chinese-gb18030.pdf
Generated by tests/fixtures/generate_cjk_valid.rs
PDF 1.4, Type0 composite font with GBpc-EUC-H CMap encoding
Phase 2.3 CJK encoding test fixture - Simplified Chinese (GB18030)
Content: "你好世界" (Simplified Chinese, 4 characters)
Ground truth: cjk-chinese-gb18030.txt (12 bytes, UTF-8)
Font: AdobeSongStd-Light (CIDFontType0, Adobe-GB1 CIDSystemInfo)
Generated: 2026-06-06
Regenerated: 2026-06-24 (verified valid)
# cjk/cjk-japanese-shiftjis.pdf
Generated by tests/fixtures/generate_cjk_valid.rs
PDF 1.4, Type0 composite font with 90ms-RKSJ-H CMap encoding
Phase 2.3 CJK encoding test fixture - Japanese (Shift-JIS)
Content: "こんにちは" (Japanese, 5 characters)
Ground truth: cjk-japanese-shiftjis.txt (15 bytes, UTF-8)
Font: HeiseiMin-W3 (CIDFontType0, Adobe-Japan1 CIDSystemInfo)
Generated: 2026-06-06
Regenerated: 2026-06-24 (verified valid)
# cjk/cjk-korean-euckr.pdf
Generated by tests/fixtures/generate_cjk_valid.rs
PDF 1.4, Type0 composite font with KSCms-UHC-H CMap encoding
Phase 2.3 CJK encoding test fixture - Korean (EUC-KR)
Content: "안녕하세요" (Korean, 5 characters)
Ground truth: cjk-korean-euckr.txt (15 bytes, UTF-8)
Font: HYSMyeongJo-Medium (CIDFontType0, Adobe-Korea1 CIDSystemInfo)
Generated: 2026-06-06
Regenerated: 2026-06-24 (verified valid)
# cjk/cjk-tc-big5.pdf
Generated by tests/fixtures/generate_cjk_valid.rs
PDF 1.4, Type0 composite font with ETen-B5-H CMap encoding
Phase 2.3 CJK encoding test fixture - Traditional Chinese (Big5)
Content: "你好世界" (Traditional Chinese, 4 characters)
Ground truth: cjk-tc-big5.txt (12 bytes, UTF-8)
Font: PMingLiU-Light (CIDFontType0, Adobe-CNS1 CIDSystemInfo)
Generated: 2026-06-06
Regenerated: 2026-06-24 (verified valid)