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+ - document-layout-analysis
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+ - historical-documents
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+ - icdar-competition
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+ pretty_name: ICDAR 2019 Competition on Baseline Detection (cBAD)
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+ license: cc-by-4.0
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+ # ICDAR 2019 Competition on Baseline Detection (cBAD) Dataset
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+ ## Dataset Description
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+ The **ICDAR 2019 Competition on Baseline Detection (cBAD)** dataset was developed for the eponymous competition focused on **Baseline Detection** in historical documents. Baseline detection is a critical step for segmenting handwritten lines before Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR).
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+ This is a newly created, real-world dataset consisting of **3,021 annotated document page images** collected from **seven different European archives**.
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+ ## Dataset Creation
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+ ### Source Data
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+ The document images were collected from various archival sources across Europe as part of the **READ project** (Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents).
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+ ### Creators
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+ The primary creators of the competition and dataset are: **Markus Diem, Florian Kleber, and Basilis Gatos**.
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+ ### Funding
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+ The dataset was created under the auspices of the European Commission's **READ (Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents)** project (Grant ID: 674943).
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+ ## License
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+ The dataset is licensed under the **Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)** license.
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+ ## Citation
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+ When using this dataset, please cite the original Zenodo record as follows:
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+ ```bibtex
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+ @dataset{DiemKleberGatos2019,
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+ author = {Diem, Markus and Kleber, Florian and Gatos, Basilis},
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+ title = {{ICDAR 2019 Competition on Baseline Detection (cBAD)}},
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+ publisher = {Zenodo},
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+ year = {2019},
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+ doi = {10.5281/zenodo.3568023},
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+ url = {[https://zenodo.org/records/3568023](https://zenodo.org/records/3568023)}
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+ }