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How to Make Your Documents AI-Ready Using IBM’s Docling Tool

Emad Dehnavi
5 min readNov 2, 2024

Hello, friends! Today, I want to introduce you to a library called Docling by IBM. This tool is a real game-changer for anyone working with documents and AI. Let’s dive into what Docling is, why it’s essential, and how to get started with it.

Docling — Making Your Documents AI-Ready with IBM’s New Library

What is Docling?

Docling is an open-source library from IBM that helps you prepare your documents for AI and machine learning. Normally, when you have a big document — like a contract, report, or manual — your AI model can have trouble reading it in a meaningful way. With Docling, you can quickly structure and organize data within a document to maximize the efficiency of AI models in understanding and extracting valuable information.

Documents, especially those used in business and legal contexts, often contain unstructured or semi-structured information that is challenging for traditional AI models to parse effectively. Docling addresses this gap by:

  • Standardizing document formats: It ensures that data is clean, structured, and in formats that AI models can easily process.
  • Boosting data accuracy: By organizing data into logical segments, Docling helps improve the accuracy of AI predictions and analyses.
  • Saving time: Automated document preprocessing with Docling cuts…

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Emad Dehnavi
Emad Dehnavi

Written by Emad Dehnavi

With 8 years as a software engineer, I write about AI and technology in a simple way. My goal is to make these topics easy and interesting for everyone.

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