Data GroundTruth, complexity, and evaluation measures for color document analysis

Publications on color document image analysis present results on small, non-publicly available datasets. We propose in this paper a well defined and groundtruthed color dataset existing of over 1000 pages, with associated tools for evaluation. The color data groundtruthing and evaluation tools are based on a well defined document model, complexity measures to assess the inherent difficulty of analyzing a page, and well founded evaluation measures. Together they form a suitable basis for evaluating diverse applications in color document analysis.