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Originally Posted by zanzibarfiction
PDF is dying, why give it the kiss of life.
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Well, I'm a scientist and believe me, PDF is a very healthy format in this field ;-) Almost all the scientific publications are diffused in this format, as well as all the archives. True, we still lack (1) really usable software to manage these PDF in a iTunes-like database (but real ID3-like tags within PDF files are needed for this, as it's more an art than a science to automatically extract even the title of the papers from the PDF files), and (2) a device to read them (I'd give anything for an A4-sized e-ink based eBook device !). But anyway, PDF are more than healthy for scientists.
Aurelien