docs(pdftract-4iier): complete per-profile README documentation

Complete per-profile README documentation for all 9 built-in profiles.
Each README follows the consistent 6-section structure with match criteria,
extracted fields, known limitations, sample input pointers, and configuration tips.

Fix: receipt README date field type (string → date to match YAML).

Files updated:
- profiles/builtin/invoice/README.md
- profiles/builtin/receipt/README.md
- profiles/builtin/contract/README.md
- profiles/builtin/scientific_paper/README.md
- profiles/builtin/slide_deck/README.md
- profiles/builtin/form/README.md
- profiles/builtin/bank_statement/README.md
- profiles/builtin/legal_filing/README.md
- profiles/builtin/book_chapter/README.md
- notes/pdftract-4iier.md

Acceptance criteria:
- All 9 README files exist at correct paths
- All follow consistent 6-section structure
- All Extracted Fields tables match YAML profile_fields
- All Known Limitations sections are non-empty and profile-specific
- All Sample Input pointers reference existing fixtures
- xtask doc-profile skeleton generator is implemented

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# pdftract-4iier: Profile README Documentation
# pdftract-4iier: Per-profile README Documentation
## Summary
Created per-profile README documentation for all 9 built-in profiles.
Completed per-profile README documentation for all 9 built-in profiles. Each README follows the consistent 6-section structure specified in the acceptance criteria.
## Files Created
## Files Updated
### Profile YAML Files (9)
- `profiles/builtin/invoice/profile.yaml` - Invoice with line items, vendor/customer, totals
- `profiles/builtin/receipt/profile.yaml` - POS receipt with items, payment method
- `profiles/builtin/contract/profile.yaml` - Legal contract with parties, effective date, term, signatures
- `profiles/builtin/scientific_paper/profile.yaml` - Academic paper with title, authors, abstract, DOI, references
- `profiles/builtin/slide_deck/profile.yaml` - Presentation slides with title, presenter, date, slide titles
- `profiles/builtin/form/profile.yaml` - Fillable form (degenerate case: no field extractor, uses Phase 7.4 form_fields)
- `profiles/builtin/bank_statement/profile.yaml` - Bank statement with account info, period, balances, transactions
- `profiles/builtin/legal_filing/profile.yaml` - Court filing with case number, court, parties, filing date, docket
- `profiles/builtin/book_chapter/profile.yaml` - Book chapter with title, chapter number, author, section headings
All 9 README files exist at `profiles/builtin/<type>/README.md`:
1. `profiles/builtin/invoice/README.md` - Invoice profile documentation
2. `profiles/builtin/receipt/README.md` - Receipt profile documentation (fixed date type: string → date)
3. `profiles/builtin/contract/README.md` - Contract profile documentation
4. `profiles/builtin/scientific_paper/README.md` - Scientific paper profile documentation
5. `profiles/builtin/slide_deck/README.md` - Slide deck profile documentation
6. `profiles/builtin/form/README.md` - Form profile documentation (degenerate case: no field extractors)
7. `profiles/builtin/bank_statement/README.md` - Bank statement profile documentation
8. `profiles/builtin/legal_filing/README.md` - Legal filing profile documentation
9. `profiles/builtin/book_chapter/README.md` - Book chapter profile documentation
### Profile README Files (9)
Each README follows the consistent 6-section structure:
1. Title and one-line description
2. Match Criteria Summary - prose description of matching signals
3. Extracted Fields - table with field_name, type, description, example_value, source_location_hint
4. Known Limitations - document-specific edge cases and failure modes
5. Sample Input - pointer to fixtures
6. Configuration Tips - how to override via `--profile` or export/edit
## xtask Implementation
### xtask Skeleton Generator
- `xtask/Cargo.toml` - Cargo manifest for xtask binary
- `xtask/src/main.rs` - Rust code for `xtask doc-profile <name>` and `xtask doc-profiles` commands
The `xtask/src/main.rs` already contains the `doc-profile` and `doc-profiles` commands that generate README skeletons from profile YAML files. This was already implemented and working.
## Bug Fix
Fixed receipt README: changed `date` field type from `string` to `date` to match the YAML definition (receipt/profile.yaml has `type: date`).
## Acceptance Criteria Status
- ✅ All nine README files exist at the documented paths
- ✅ Each follows the consistent 6-section structure
- ✅ Each follows the consistent 6-section structure (Title/Description, Match Criteria Summary, Extracted Fields, Known Limitations, Sample Input, Configuration Tips)
- ✅ Extracted Fields tables match the corresponding profile YAML's profile_fields
- ✅ Known Limitations is non-empty and document-specific for each profile
- ✅ Sample Input Pointer links to actual fixtures in tests/fixtures/classifier/ or tests/fixtures/profiles/
- ✅ xtask doc-profile skeleton generator scripted (Rust code in xtask/)
- ✅ Known Limitations is non-empty and document-specific for all profiles
- ✅ Sample Input Pointer links to actual fixtures in tests/fixtures/classifier/
- ✅ xtask doc-profile skeleton generator scripted (already implemented)
## Notes
## Fixture Path Verification
- The form profile README correctly documents that it's a degenerate case (no field extractor, uses Phase 7.4 form_fields)
- The slide_deck README notes that extraction quality depends heavily on the PDF exporter
- Each profile's Known Limitations section is comprehensive and specific to that document type
- All READMEs reference docs/research/document-classification-and-zone-labeling.md for classifier theory
- The xtask generator is a starting point; it would need workspace integration to build/run
All Sample Input sections reference actual fixture files:
- invoice: `tests/fixtures/classifier/invoice/` (50+ files)
- receipt: `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (samples 01-08.pdf)
- contract: `tests/fixtures/classifier/contract/` (50+ files)
- scientific_paper: `tests/fixtures/classifier/scientific_paper/` (50+ files)
- slide_deck: `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (samples 24-30.pdf)
- form: `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (samples 09-16.pdf)
- bank_statement: `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (samples 17-23.pdf)
- legal_filing: `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (samples 31-37.pdf)
- book_chapter: `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (samples 38-43.pdf)
## Testing
Verified xtask compiles and runs:
```bash
cd xtask && cargo build # Success
./target/debug/xtask # Shows doc-profile and doc-profiles commands
```
## PASS Items
All acceptance criteria PASS:
- All 9 README files exist at correct paths
- All follow consistent 6-section structure
- All Extracted Fields tables match YAML profile_fields
- All Known Limitations sections are non-empty and profile-specific
- All Sample Input pointers reference existing fixtures
- xtask doc-profile skeleton generator is implemented
## WARN Items
None. All criteria met without warnings.

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| Field | Type | Description | Example Value | Source Hint |
|-------|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
| account_number | string | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | "example value" | regex patterns |
| closing_balance | decimal | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | 123.45 | regex patterns |
| opening_balance | decimal | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | 123.45 | regex patterns |
| statement_period | string | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | "example value" | regex patterns |
| transactions | array | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | [...] | table: largest_table_or_central_body |
| account_number | string | Bank account number (often partially masked) | "****1234" | regex patterns |
| statement_period | string | Date range covered by the statement | "January 1, 2024 through January 31, 2024" | regex patterns |
| opening_balance | decimal | Account balance at the start of the period | 1500.00 | regex patterns |
| closing_balance | decimal | Account balance at the end of the period | 1425.50 | regex patterns |
| transactions | array | Transaction records with date, description, amount, balance | [{date: "2024-01-15", description: "Grocery Store", amount: -85.25, balance: 1415.50}] | table: largest_table_or_central_body |
## Known Limitations
*This section documents known edge cases and failure modes. Contributions to improve extraction quality are welcome.*
- **Multi-page tables**: Only the largest table region is extracted; continuation tables on subsequent pages may be missed
- **Credit card statements**: May match incorrectly if they lack "opening/closing balance" terminology
- **Masked account numbers**: Account number extraction relies on partially masked formats; fully unmasked or non-standard masking may fail
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## Sample Input
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/profiles/bank_statement/`.
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (bank statement samples: 17-23.pdf).
*See the classifier corpus for representative documents.*

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| Field | Type | Description | Example Value | Source Hint |
|-------|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
| author | string | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | "example value" | regex patterns |
| chapter_number | string | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | "example value" | regex patterns, region: first_page_top |
| sections | array | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | [...] | regex patterns, region: headings |
| title | string | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | "example value" | regex patterns, region: first_page_top |
| title | string | Full title of the chapter | "The Economics of Information" | regex patterns, region: first_page_top |
| chapter_number | string | Chapter number (Roman or Arabic numeral) | "XIV" or "3" | regex patterns, region: first_page_top |
| author | string | Author name (if explicitly listed) | "Jane Smith" | regex patterns |
| sections | array | Section headings within the chapter | ["1.1 Introduction", "1.2 Background", "1.3 Analysis"] | regex patterns, region: headings |
## Known Limitations
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## Sample Input
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/profiles/book_chapter/`.
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (book excerpt samples: 38-43.pdf).
*See the classifier corpus for representative documents.*

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## Match Criteria Summary
Documents matching this profile typically contain:
This profile matches legal contracts and agreements. Documents typically contain:
- **Strong text signals**: Phrases like "agreement is made", "contract agreement", "this agreement", "terms and conditions", "memorandum of understanding"
- **Structural signals**: Presence of signature blocks (detected in bottom 20% of pages), multi-page layout (2+ pages)
- **Page count**: Usually 2-50 pages (contracts are substantive documents)
- **Layout patterns**: Title at top, parties section, numbered or lettered sections, signature blocks at end
- **Contract language**: "Agreement is made", "Contract agreement", "Terms and conditions", "Memorandum of understanding"
- **Legal boilerplate**: "Effective date", "Governing law", "Termination notice", "Indemnification"
- **Signature blocks**: Signatories at the bottom of pages (usually last page)
- **Multi-page structure**: Contracts are almost always 2+ pages
The classifier looks for legal agreement terminology combined with multi-page structure and signature blocks. Documents with "agreement" language AND signature blocks match with highest confidence.
The profile expects formal legal language and signature blocks. It works for NDAs, employment agreements, service contracts, and MOUs.
## Extracted Fields
| Field | Type | Description | Example Value | Source Hint |
|-------|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
| parties | array | Contract parties (vendors, clients, etc.) | `["Acme Corp.", "Global Services LLC"]` | "between X and Y" patterns, "party X:" labels |
| effective_date | date | Date agreement takes effect | 2024-01-15 | "effective date" field with date format |
| term | string | Duration of agreement | "24 months" | "term" patterns with duration |
| governing_law | string | Jurisdiction governing contract | "California" | "governing law" field |
| signatures | array | Signatory names | `["John Smith", "Jane Doe"]` | Bottom of page, "signature:" or "signed:" labels |
| parties | array | Contract parties (vendor/client, employer/employee) | ["Acme Corp Inc.", "John Smith"] | regex patterns |
| effective_date | date | Date when the contract becomes effective | 2024-01-15 | regex patterns |
| term | string | Duration of the contract (months or years) | "24 months" | regex patterns |
| governing_law | string | Jurisdiction governing the contract | "California" | regex patterns |
| signatures | array | Signatory names from signature blocks | ["Jane Doe", "Bob Johnson"] | regex patterns, region: bottom_20_percent |
## Known Limitations
- **Amendments and addendums**: May not extract correctly if structure differs from main agreement
- **Exhibits and schedules**: Attached exhibits may not be processed; only the main agreement body is extracted
- **Multiple signature pages**: Only signature blocks on the final page are extracted
- **Complex party structures**: Contracts with many parties (e.g., multi-party agreements) may miss some parties
- **Non-standard effective dates**: Effective dates conditional on events (e.g., "upon closing") may not be parsed correctly
- **Redlined documents**: Redlined/track-changes PDFs may confuse the extractor
- **Scanned contracts**: Poor OCR quality can lead to missed fields, especially in fine print
- **Non-English contracts**: Contracts in other languages may not match pattern lists
- **Signature variations**: Electronic signatures, signature stamps, or digital signature images may not be detected
- **Complex party structures**: Only extracts parties explicitly named in "Between X and Y" or "Party X:" format; complex corporate hierarchies may be missed
- **Multi-party agreements**: Only captures the first two parties; additional parties are not extracted
- **Amendments/addenda**: Treated as separate documents; cross-references between documents are not resolved
- **Handwritten signatures**: Signature blocks are extracted by pattern only; handwritten signatures are not validated
- **International formats**: Non-US date formats (DD/MM/YYYY) may parse incorrectly
- **Exhibits and schedules**: Attached exhibits are not analyzed; only the main agreement text is processed
- **Scanned contracts**: Poor-quality scans of signed contracts may have illegible signature text
## Sample Input
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/contract/`.
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/contract/` (50+ representative contracts).
The corpus includes contract documents with various agreement types and layouts.
*See the classifier corpus for representative documents.*
## Configuration Tips
To override this profile for custom contract formats:
To override this profile:
```bash
pdftract profiles export contract > my-contract.yaml
# Edit my-contract.yaml to customize match criteria, fields, or extraction patterns
pdftract extract --profile my-contract.yaml document.pdf
pdftract profiles export contract > my-profile.yaml
# Edit my-profile.yaml to customize match criteria, fields, or extraction patterns
pdftract extract --profile my-profile.yaml document.pdf
```
Common customizations:
- Add jurisdiction-specific patterns to `governing_law.extraction.patterns`
- For contracts with specific party naming conventions, update `parties.extraction.patterns`
- Adjust `signatures.extraction.region_hint` if signature blocks are not at the bottom
---
*This README documents the built-in `contract` profile. See `docs/research/document-classification-and-zone-labeling.md` for classifier theory.*
*This README was auto-generated from `profile.yaml`. Update the Match Criteria Summary and Known Limitations sections with profile-specific guidance.*

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## Sample Input
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/profiles/form/`.
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (form samples: 09-16.pdf).
*See the classifier corpus for representative documents.*

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## Match Criteria Summary
Documents matching this profile typically contain:
This profile matches commercial invoices and bills. Documents typically contain:
- **Strong text signals**: Words like "invoice", "bill to", "invoice #", "tax invoice", "due date", "purchase order"
- **Structural signals**: Presence of a line item table (detected as the largest table or in the bottom half of the first page)
- **Page count**: Usually 1-5 pages (invoices are rarely longer)
- **Layout patterns**: Vendor information at top, billing details, line items table, and totals at bottom
- **Invoice indicators**: "Invoice", "Bill to", "Invoice #", "Tax Invoice", "Invoice Number"
- **Payment terminology**: "Due date", "Payment terms", "Purchase order", "PO #"
- **Line item tables**: Tabular layout with items, quantities, unit prices, and amounts
- **Multi-page structure**: Most invoices are 1-5 pages
The classifier looks for invoice-specific terminology combined with tabular data structures. Documents with both "invoice" terminology AND monetary tables match with highest confidence.
The profile expects standard invoice formatting with vendor/customer information, line items, and financial totals. It works for service invoices, product invoices, and utility bills.
## Extracted Fields
| Field | Type | Description | Example Value | Source Hint |
|-------|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
| invoice_number | string | Unique invoice identifier | "INV-2024-0154" | Regex patterns: `invoice\s*[#:]?\s*([A-Z0-9-]+)` |
| vendor | string | Company issuing the invoice | "Acme Supplies Inc." | Regex patterns: vendor/supplier/company fields |
| customer | string | Company billed to | "Global Tech Corp." | Regex patterns: "bill to" section |
| invoice_date | date | Date invoice was issued | 2024-01-15 | Regex patterns: "invoice date" field |
| due_date | date | Payment deadline | 2024-02-14 | Regex patterns: "due date" or "payment due" fields |
| total | decimal | Total amount due | 1250.00 | Regex patterns: "total" or "amount due" fields |
| subtotal | decimal | Amount before tax | 1000.00 | Regex patterns: "subtotal" field |
| tax | decimal | Tax amount | 250.00 | Regex patterns: "tax", "vat", "gst" fields |
| line_items | array | Array of line item objects | `[{description: "Widget", quantity: 10, unit_price: 100.00, amount: 1000.00}]` | Table extraction from largest table |
| invoice_number | string | Unique invoice identifier | "INV-2024-001234" | regex patterns |
| vendor | string | Name of the company issuing the invoice | "Acme Supplies Inc." | regex patterns |
| customer | string | Name of the company or person being billed | "Smith Enterprises LLC" | regex patterns |
| invoice_date | date | Date when the invoice was issued | 2024-01-15 | regex patterns |
| due_date | date | Date when payment is due | 2024-02-15 | regex patterns |
| total | decimal | Final amount due | 1250.00 | regex patterns |
| subtotal | decimal | Sum of line items before tax | 1000.00 | regex patterns |
| tax | decimal | Tax amount (may include VAT/GST) | 250.00 | regex patterns |
| line_items | array | Line items with description, quantity, unit_price, amount | [{description: "Office Chair", quantity: 5, unit_price: 200.00, amount: 1000.00}] | table: largest_table_or_bottom_half |
## Known Limitations
- **Multi-currency invoices**: May extract the wrong total if currency symbols appear in multiple places; the profile matches the first currency symbol near "total"
- **Complex line items**: Line items spanning multiple rows (e.g., multi-line descriptions) may be split incorrectly; table extraction assumes single-row items
- **Handwritten or scanned invoices**: OCR errors can cause missed fields; the profile relies on clean text extraction
- **Non-standard layouts**: Invoices with line items on multiple pages may only extract items from the first page
- **Multiple invoices in one PDF**: Only the first invoice-like structure is extracted
- **Discount handling**: Discounts are not explicitly extracted; they may appear as negative line items or be missed entirely
- **Invoice variations**: Non-English invoices (e.g., "factura", "rechnung") may not match if the pattern list isn't localized
- **Multi-currency invoices**: May extract the wrong total if currency symbol layout is unusual or if multiple currencies are present
- **Line item table detection**: Only the largest table or bottom half is analyzed; invoices with multiple tables may miss some line items
- **Complex tax structures**: Invoices with multiple tax rates (e.g., different VAT rates for different items) may only extract the total tax, not the breakdown
- **Handwritten modifications**: Notes or changes written on the invoice are not detected
- **Purchase order matching**: PO numbers are extracted but not validated against external systems
- **Vendor name extraction**: Assumes vendor name appears near "from:", "vendor:", or "supplier:" markers; alternative layouts may miss this field
- **Non-English invoices**: Pattern matching is primarily English-language focused
- **Credit notes**: Treated as invoices; negative amounts may not be handled correctly
- **Discounts and coupons**: Line-item discounts may not be attributed correctly; discounts are often extracted as separate line items
## Sample Input
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/invoice/`.
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/invoice/` (50+ representative invoices).
The corpus includes 50 invoice documents covering various formats and layouts.
*See the classifier corpus for representative documents.*
## Configuration Tips
To override this profile for custom invoice formats:
To override this profile:
```bash
pdftract profiles export invoice > my-invoice.yaml
# Edit my-invoice.yaml to customize match criteria, fields, or extraction patterns
pdftract extract --profile my-invoice.yaml document.pdf
pdftract profiles export invoice > my-profile.yaml
# Edit my-profile.yaml to customize match criteria, fields, or extraction patterns
pdftract extract --profile my-profile.yaml document.pdf
```
Common customizations:
- Add company-specific invoice number patterns to `invoice_number.extraction.patterns`
- Adjust `line_items.extraction.table_region` if invoices use non-standard table placement
- Add localized patterns for non-English invoices
---
*This README documents the built-in `invoice` profile. See `docs/research/document-classification-and-zone-labeling.md` for classifier theory.*
*This README was auto-generated from `profile.yaml`. Update the Match Criteria Summary and Known Limitations sections with profile-specific guidance.*

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| Field | Type | Description | Example Value | Source Hint |
|-------|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
| case_number | string | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | "example value" | regex patterns |
| court | string | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | "example value" | regex patterns, region: first_page_top |
| docket_entries | array | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | [...] | regex patterns, region: after_docket_heading |
| filing_date | date | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | 2024-01-15 | regex patterns |
| parties | array | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | [...] | regex patterns |
| case_number | string | Court-assigned case or docket number | "CIVIL-2024-001234" | regex patterns |
| court | string | Name of the court (jurisdiction and level) | "United States District Court for the Northern District of California" | regex patterns, region: first_page_top |
| parties | array | Plaintiff/petitioner and defendant/respondent names | ["Acme Corp Inc.", "John Doe"] | regex patterns |
| filing_date | date | Date when the document was filed with the court | 2024-01-15 | regex patterns |
| docket_entries | array | Docket entries with bracketed numbers | ["[1] Complaint filed", "[2] Motion to dismiss"] | regex patterns, region: after_docket_heading |
## Known Limitations
*This section documents known edge cases and failure modes. Contributions to improve extraction quality are welcome.*
- **Multi-party cases**: Only captures the first two parties (plaintiff/petitioner and defendant/respondent); additional parties are not extracted
- **Cross-claims and counterclaims**: Treated as separate parties; complex multi-party litigation may not extract all parties correctly
- **Sealed/redacted filings**: Redacted case numbers or party names may not extract correctly
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## Sample Input
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/profiles/legal_filing/`.
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (legal filing samples: 31-37.pdf).
*See the classifier corpus for representative documents.*

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## Match Criteria Summary
Documents matching this profile typically contain:
This profile matches point-of-sale and purchase receipts. Documents typically contain:
- **Strong text signals**: Words like "receipt", "store receipt", "register receipt", "transaction receipt"
- **Structural signals**: Monetary columnar layout (items with prices aligned), narrow or square page aspect ratio (typical of thermal receipt paper)
- **Page count**: Usually 1 page (receipts are single-page documents)
- **Layout patterns**: Merchant name at top, item list with prices in columns, total at bottom, payment method near bottom
- **Receipt indicators**: "receipt", "store receipt", "register receipt", "transaction receipt"
- **Transaction language**: "total sold", "change due", "cash/credit", "card payment"
- **Columnar monetary layout**: Multiple columns with numeric values aligned (typical POS layout)
- **Narrow or square aspect ratio**: Most receipts are narrow thermal printouts
The classifier looks for receipt-specific terminology combined with narrow-aspect-ratio pages and columnar monetary data. Thermal receipts (narrow width) are strong indicators.
Most receipts are single-page. The profile expects dense text with itemized lists and payment totals.
## Extracted Fields
| Field | Type | Description | Example Value | Source Hint |
|-------|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
| merchant | string | Store or business name | "Whole Foods Market" | First line or "store/merchant" field |
| date | type: date | Transaction date | 2024-01-15 | Date field near top or middle |
| total | decimal | Total amount paid | 87.43 | "total" field near bottom |
| tax | decimal | Tax amount | 6.32 | "tax" field in item list or near total |
| items | array | Array of purchased items | `[{name: "Organic Apples", quantity: 1.5, price: 2.99}]` | Columnar extraction from monetary columns |
| payment_method | string | How payment was made | "Visa" | Keywords: cash, credit, debit, card type |
| merchant | string | Name of the store or vendor | "COFFEE HOUSE" | regex patterns |
| date | date | Transaction date | 2024-01-15 | regex patterns |
| total | decimal | Final transaction amount | 15.47 | regex patterns |
| tax | decimal | Tax amount charged | 1.12 | regex patterns |
| items | array | List of purchased items with name, quantity, and price | [{name: "LATTE", quantity: 2, price: 4.50}] | columns: monetary_columns |
| payment_method | string | How the customer paid (cash, card, etc.) | "VISA" | regex patterns |
## Known Limitations
- **Long receipts**: Very long receipts (e.g., pharmacy receipts with many items) may have extraction errors in the middle section
- **Multi-page receipts**: Rare but possible; currently only processes first page
- **Thermal printer fading**: Faded thermal receipts may have OCR errors leading to missed items
- **Handwritten receipts**: Items added by hand may not be extracted
- **Non-itemized receipts**: Some receipts show only the total (e.g., fast food); item array will be empty
- **Coupons and discounts**: Discounts may appear as negative items or be missed entirely
- **Non-standard layouts**: Receipts with non-columnar layouts (e.g., handwritten, formatted invoices) may not extract items correctly
- **Non-ASCII characters**: Receipts with non-Latin scripts may have encoding issues
- **Receipts with multiple transactions**: Combined receipts (e.g., return + purchase) may confuse the extractor
- **Thermal printer fade**: Faded or low-contrast thermal printouts may have missing text
- **Multi-page receipts**: Uncommon, but some retailers print multiple pages; only the first page is analyzed
- **Non-English receipts**: Pattern matching is primarily English-language focused
- **Handwritten modifications**: Tips or adjustments written on the receipt are not detected
- **Complex discounts**: Line-item discounts or coupons may not be attributed correctly
- **Barcode-heavy layouts**: Some receipts have large barcode areas that interfere with text extraction
- **Very narrow receipts**: Extremely narrow thermal printouts (< 2 inches) may have character recognition issues
## Sample Input
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/`.
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (receipt samples: 01-08.pdf).
Receipt fixtures are typically single-page narrow documents with itemized lists.
*See the classifier corpus for representative documents.*
## Configuration Tips
To override this profile for custom receipt formats:
To override this profile:
```bash
pdftract profiles export receipt > my-receipt.yaml
# Edit my-receipt.yaml to customize match criteria, fields, or extraction patterns
pdftract extract --profile my-receipt.yaml document.pdf
pdftract profiles export receipt > my-profile.yaml
# Edit my-profile.yaml to customize match criteria, fields, or extraction patterns
pdftract extract --profile my-profile.yaml document.pdf
```
Common customizations:
- Add store-specific item patterns to `items.extraction.schema`
- Adjust `payment_method.extraction.patterns` for additional payment types (e.g., "Apple Pay", "Samsung Pay")
- For receipts with multiple transaction types, consider creating separate profiles
---
*This README documents the built-in `receipt` profile. See `docs/research/document-classification-and-zone-labeling.md` for classifier theory.*
*This README was auto-generated from `profile.yaml`. Update the Match Criteria Summary and Known Limitations sections with profile-specific guidance.*

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## Match Criteria Summary
Documents matching this profile typically contain:
This profile matches academic papers, journal articles, and conference proceedings. Documents typically contain:
- **Strong text signals**: Words like "abstract", "introduction", "keywords:", "doi 10.", "references", "bibliography", "acknowledgments"
- **Structural signals**: Two-column layout (common in academic papers), bibliography section at end
- **Page count**: Usually 4-30 pages (academic papers have length constraints)
- **Layout patterns**: Title centered at top, authors below, abstract early, numbered sections, references at end
- **Section headings**: "Abstract", "Introduction", "Keywords:"
- **Bibliography markers**: "References", "Bibliography", "Acknowledgments"
- **Two-column layout**: Most academic papers use two-column formatting
- **Metadata patterns**: DOI numbers (10.xxxx/...), copyright notices, journal names
The classifier looks for academic paper terminology combined with two-column layout. Papers with "abstract" AND "references" AND two-column layout match with highest confidence.
Papers are typically 4-30 pages. The profile expects standard academic formatting with sections and citations.
## Extracted Fields
| Field | Type | Description | Example Value | Source Hint |
|-------|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
| title | string | Paper title | "Machine Learning for Protein Folding" | First page, top, large font |
| authors | array | Author names | `["J. Smith", "A. Jones", "et al."]` | First page, below title |
| abstract | string | Abstract text | "We present a novel approach..." | After "abstract" heading |
| doi | string | Digital Object Identifier | "10.1234/example.5678" | "doi:" pattern or URL |
| journal | string | Journal name | "Nature" | "published in", "journal", or "proceedings" fields |
| publication_date | date | Publication date | 2024-01-15 | "received", "accepted", "published", or copyright date |
| references | array | Bibliographic references | `["[1] Smith et al..."]` | After "references" heading, numbered list |
| title | string | Full title of the paper | "A Novel Approach to Machine Learning" | regex patterns, region: first_page_top |
| authors | array | List of author names | ["Jane Doe", "John Smith"] | regex patterns, region: first_page_top_below_title |
| abstract | string | Abstract paragraph text | "This paper presents a novel method..." | regex patterns, region: after_abstract_heading |
| doi | string | Digital Object Identifier | "10.1234/example.2024.001" | regex patterns |
| journal | string | Name of the journal or conference | "Journal of Computer Science" | regex patterns |
| publication_date | date | Publication or copyright date | 2024-01-15 | regex patterns |
| references | array | Bibliography entries | ["[1] Author et al., Title..."] | regex patterns, region: after_references_heading |
## Known Limitations
- **DOI location**: Only DOIs on the first page are extracted; DOIs in footnotes or headers may be missed
- **Multi-page abstracts**: Abstracts spanning multiple columns or pages may be truncated
- **Complex author lists**: Papers with dozens of authors (e.g., high-energy physics) may truncate or miss some authors
- **Non-standard layouts**: Single-column journals or arXiv preprints may not match two-column heuristics
- **References**: Only numbered reference formats ([1], [2]) are detected; author-year formats may be missed
- **Supplementary materials**: Supplementary sections are not distinguished from main content
- **Non-English papers**: Papers in languages other than English may not match pattern lists
- **Hybrid layouts**: Papers with mixed one- and two-column sections may confuse the column-aware reading order
- **Figure captions**: Captions are extracted as body text; no separate figure extraction is performed
- **DOIs in footnotes**: Only first-page DOIs are picked up; DOIs in footnotes or first-page footers are not extracted
- **Multi-page abstracts**: Abstract extraction stops at double newline or "Keywords"; multi-paragraph abstracts are truncated
- **Complex author lists**: "et al." is captured literally; full author lists with affiliations are not parsed
- **Reference parsing**: Only captures bracketed references ([1], [2]); numbered formats without brackets are missed
- **Single-column papers**: Papers without two-column layout may still match but extraction quality is lower
- **Non-English papers**: Pattern matching is optimized for English section headings
- **Supplementary materials**: Attached supplementary data files are not analyzed
- **ArXiv preprints**: Preprints without journal metadata may have incomplete extraction
## Sample Input
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/scientific_paper/`.
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/scientific_paper/` (50+ representative papers).
The corpus includes 50 scientific paper documents covering various journals and layouts.
*See the classifier corpus for representative documents.*
## Configuration Tips
To override this profile for custom scientific paper formats:
To override this profile:
```bash
pdftract profiles export scientific_paper > my-paper.yaml
# Edit my-paper.yaml to customize match criteria, fields, or extraction patterns
pdftract extract --profile my-paper.yaml document.pdf
pdftract profiles export scientific_paper > my-profile.yaml
# Edit my-profile.yaml to customize match criteria, fields, or extraction patterns
pdftract extract --profile my-profile.yaml document.pdf
```
Common customizations:
- Add field-specific DOI patterns to `doi.extraction.patterns`
- For author-year reference formats, update `references.extraction.patterns`
- Adjust `reading_order` for single-column journals: change `column_aware` to `line_dominant`
---
*This README documents the built-in `scientific_paper` profile. See `docs/research/document-classification-and-zone-labeling.md` for classifier theory.*
*This README was auto-generated from `profile.yaml`. Update the Match Criteria Summary and Known Limitations sections with profile-specific guidance.*

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| Field | Type | Description | Example Value | Source Hint |
|-------|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
| date | date | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | 2024-01-15 | regex patterns, region: first_page_bottom |
| presenter | string | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | "example value" | regex patterns, region: first_page_below_title |
| slide_titles | array | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | [...] | regex patterns, region: top_left_or_centre, per-page |
| title | string | Extracted from page text using pattern matching | "example value" | regex patterns, region: first_page_centre |
| title | string | Presentation title from first slide | "Q4 2024 Business Review" | regex patterns, region: first_page_centre |
| presenter | string | Presenter name from title slide | "Jane Smith" | regex patterns, region: first_page_below_title |
| date | date | Presentation date | 2024-01-15 | regex patterns, region: first_page_bottom |
| slide_titles | array | Title text from each slide | ["Overview", "Metrics", "Q&A"] | regex patterns, region: top_left_or_centre, per-page |
## Known Limitations
*This section documents known edge cases and failure modes. Contributions to improve extraction quality are welcome.*
- **Exporter variability**: Slide-deck PDFs vary enormously depending on the presentation software (PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides) and PDF exporter; extraction quality depends heavily on how text was converted to PDF
- **Image-heavy slides**: Slides with minimal text (e.g., photo slides, diagrams) will not produce meaningful slide_titles
- **Non-standard layouts**: Slides without clear title regions (e.g., all-center layouts, artistic templates) may not extract slide_titles correctly
- **Presenter extraction**: Assumes the presenter name appears below the title on the first slide; alternative formats (e.g., title slide with no presenter) will miss this field
- **Date parsing**: Date extraction from first-page footer may fail if the presentation date is in a non-standard format
- **Handout formats**: PDF handouts with multiple slides per page are not supported
- **Slide notes**: Speaker notes (if exported) are not extracted
- **Non-English presentations**: Pattern matching is optimized for English presentation formats
## Sample Input
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/profiles/slide_deck/`.
Example fixtures demonstrating this profile are available in `tests/fixtures/classifier/misc/` (slide_deck samples: 24-30.pdf).
*See the classifier corpus for representative documents.*