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Support of importing PDFs with multiple papers

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Description

A PDF may contain multiple papers. This should be supported by the importer somehow. The user should not have to split the PDF by himself.

Example

http://domino.watson.ibm.com/library/CyberDig.nsf/1e4115aea78b6e7c85256b360066f0d4/b7ed36faf73949a4852581e7006b2a55!OpenDocument&Highlight=0,summersoc

Here also the direct link to the PDF:
http://domino.watson.ibm.com/library/CyberDig.nsf/papers/B7ED36FAF73949A4852581E7006B2A55/$File/rc25670.pdf

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Research direction

Use the linked PDF as a reproduction case and inspect the importer entry points to determine how a document containing multiple papers is currently handled. Define done as importing each paper from the PDF without requiring the user to split it manually, then add coverage for the example case.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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