Preserving semantic styles from DOCX/ODT in Go
The article discusses the importance of preserving semantic styles during the conversion of DOCX and ODT documents in Go. It introduces Tessera, a tool designed to maintain the meaning of manuscript styles rather than merely their visual representation. The author emphasizes the need for a conversion process that respects named styles as the source of truth in manuscript workflows.
- ▪Tessera is designed to preserve the semantic meaning of styles in manuscript conversion.
- ▪Unlike generic conversion tools, Tessera maps named styles to known roles for accurate representation.
- ▪The conversion pipeline involves extracting text and styles, creating a semantic intermediate representation, and rendering outputs like EPUB and LaTeX.
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| Original publisher | DEV.to (Top) |
| Canonical URL | https://dev.to/jkkaluga/preserving-semantic-styles-from-docxodt-in-go-2k0g |
| Publication time | Fri, 29 May 2026 12:36:26 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-29T12:50:00.410Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-29T12:50:00.410Z |
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