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license: cc-by-4.0 |
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pretty_name: 'French Documents Dataset (PDF)' |
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language: |
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- fr |
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tags: |
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- pdf |
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- french |
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- document-understanding |
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- text-recognition |
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- ocr |
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- ai-research |
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- computer-vision |
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- text-extraction |
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size_categories: |
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- 1K<n<10K |
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# French Documents Dataset (PDF) |
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*This dataset contains a curated collection of French-language documents in PDF format. It includes educational materials, books, news articles, government publications, and public-domain literature written in French. The dataset supports AI research in OCR, document understanding, and multilingual text extraction.* |
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## Contact |
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For queries or collaborations related to this dataset, contact: |
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- anoushka@kgen.io |
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- abhishek.vadapalli@kgen.io |
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## Supported Tasks |
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- **Task Categories**: |
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- Document Classification |
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- OCR and Text Recognition |
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- Layout and Structure Analysis |
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- Language Modeling for French |
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- **Supported Tasks**: |
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- Automatic extraction of French text from PDFs |
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- Classification of documents by topic (literary, educational, official, news) |
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- OCR for printed French text with diacritics and typographic variation |
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- Benchmarking AI models for multilingual and French-language document understanding |
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## Languages |
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- **Primary Language**: French |
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- **Secondary Presence**: English and other European languages (common in academic or bilingual contexts) |
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## Dataset Creation |
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### Curation Rationale |
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The dataset was curated to improve AI systems' ability to process and understand French-language documents with varied fonts, layouts, and linguistic structures. It is intended for research in multilingual OCR and document intelligence. |
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### Source Data |
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- **Contributors**: Open-access French repositories, public libraries, and volunteer data curators. |
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- **Collection Process**: All documents were sourced from legally accessible, open-licensed PDF archives and public-domain resources. |
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### Other Known Limitations |
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- **Bias**: Primarily formal and academic content; limited representation of informal or regional French |
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- **Format Variation**: Some PDFs may include embedded scanned pages or mixed formats |
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- **Geographical Bias**: Mostly European French; limited coverage of African and Canadian French variants |
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## Intended Uses |
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### ✅ Direct Use |
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- Training and evaluation of OCR systems for French text |
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- Research in document classification and layout analysis |
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- Digitization of French-language archives and educational material |
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### ❌ Out-of-Scope Use |
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- Identification of individuals or private data from PDFs |
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- Commercial use of copyrighted works without permission |
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- Use in profiling, surveillance, or handwriting analysis |
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## License |
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CC BY 4.0 |
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