2016-10-25

News

News

HUGE server update is now LIVE!

25th October 2016

We’ve just completed our biggest ever update to the Merops server (the part of Merops which processes and edits documents). Our testing shows the average document has more than 50 improvements compared to the previous server – including recognition improvements, new features and enhancements, and bug fixes*.

*Detailed analysis of a random set of 10 files with random Standard Sets had 592 improvements, and 13 regressions.

You don’t need to do anything to start using this update.

What’s new?

Detailed list of improvements

Brand new reference system

More consistent and accurate

Data extraction

Brand new type of process, Merops can now be set up to not analyse a whole document, but instead extract only the metadata you require.

It can extract:

This process is much faster than normal processing or Finish XML - under 10 seconds per file.

XML improvements

Formatting

Much more accurate preservation of emphasis, and author’s original formatting where required

New rules
New Style Names

125 brand new rules

These are available using custom properties, please contact Shabash for help turning on any of these settings

References

Tables

Miscellaneous

220 new settings for 68 existing rules

These are available using custom properties, please contact Shabash for help turning on any of these settings

Bugs fixed, and more bug resilient

Headings

Front/end matter

New table system

Speed

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