Approach For Processing Electronic Documents Using Parsing Templates

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors, and
• one or more memories storing instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause:
• retrieving electronic document data that represents a printed document;
• retrieving parsing template data that:
• defines a plurality of data fields, and
• defines, for each data field from the plurality of data fields, one or more data field attributes;
• generating processed electronic document data by, for each data field from the plurality of data fields in the parsing template data, identifying, in the electronic document data, data that corresponds to the data field, and processing the identified data in the electronic document data based upon the data field attributes for the data field.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when processed by one or more processors, cause a content parsing engine to:

• retrieve electronic document data that represents a printed document;
• retrieve parsing template data that:
• defines a plurality of data fields, and
• defines, for each data field from the plurality of data fields, one or more data field attributes;
• generate processed electronic document data by, for each data field from the plurality of data fields in the parsing template data, identifying, in the electronic document data, data that corresponds to the data field, and processing the identified data in the electronic document data based upon the data field attributes for the data field.