docling-core 1.7.2__py3-none-any.whl → 2.0.1__py3-none-any.whl

docling_core/types/doc/document.py

@@ -1,452 +1,1117 @@
-#
-# Copyright IBM Corp. 2024 - 2024
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-#
-
 """Models for the Docling Document data type."""
 
-from datetime import datetime
-from typing import Generic, Optional, Union
+import base64
+import mimetypes
+import re
+import typing
+from io import BytesIO
+from typing import Any, Dict, Final, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
+import pandas as pd
+from PIL import Image as PILImage
 from pydantic import (
-    AnyHttpUrl,
+    AnyUrl,
     BaseModel,
+    ConfigDict,
     Field,
-    NonNegativeInt,
-    StrictStr,
+    StringConstraints,
+    computed_field,
+    field_validator,
     model_validator,
 )
 from tabulate import tabulate
+from typing_extensions import Annotated, Self
 
-from docling_core.search.mapping import es_field
-from docling_core.types.base import (
-    Acquisition,
-    CollectionDocumentInfo,
-    CollectionNameTypeT,
-    DescriptionAdvancedT,
-    DescriptionAnalyticsT,
-    FileInfoObject,
-    Identifier,
-    IdentifierTypeT,
-    LanguageT,
-    Log,
-)
-from docling_core.types.doc.base import (
-    BaseCell,
-    BaseText,
-    BitmapObject,
-    Figure,
-    PageDimensions,
-    PageReference,
-    Ref,
-    S3Data,
-    Table,
-)
-from docling_core.types.doc.tokens import DocumentToken
-from docling_core.utils.alias import AliasModel
+from docling_core.search.package import VERSION_PATTERN
+from docling_core.types.base import _JSON_POINTER_REGEX
+from docling_core.types.doc import BoundingBox, Size
+from docling_core.types.doc.labels import DocItemLabel, GroupLabel
+from docling_core.types.legacy_doc.tokens import DocumentToken
 
+Uint64 = typing.Annotated[int, Field(ge=0, le=(2**64 - 1))]
+LevelNumber = typing.Annotated[int, Field(ge=1, le=100)]
+CURRENT_VERSION: Final = "1.0.0"
 
-class CCSFileInfoDescription(BaseModel, extra="forbid"):
-    """File info description."""
+DEFAULT_EXPORT_LABELS = {
+    DocItemLabel.TITLE,
+    DocItemLabel.DOCUMENT_INDEX,
+    DocItemLabel.SECTION_HEADER,
+    DocItemLabel.PARAGRAPH,
+    DocItemLabel.CAPTION,
+    DocItemLabel.TABLE,
+    DocItemLabel.PICTURE,
+    DocItemLabel.FORMULA,
+    DocItemLabel.CHECKBOX_UNSELECTED,
+    DocItemLabel.CHECKBOX_SELECTED,
+    DocItemLabel.TEXT,
+    DocItemLabel.LIST_ITEM,
+    DocItemLabel.CODE,
+}
 
-    author: Optional[list[StrictStr]] = None
-    keywords: Optional[str] = None
-    subject: Optional[str] = None
-    title: Optional[StrictStr] = None
-    creation_date: Optional[str] = None  # datetime
 
+class BasePictureData(BaseModel):
+    """BasePictureData."""
 
-class CCSFileInfoObject(FileInfoObject, extra="forbid"):
-    """File info object."""
+    kind: str
 
-    num_pages: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, alias="#-pages")
 
-    collection_name: Optional[str] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        alias="collection-name",
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191),
-    )
-    description: Optional[CCSFileInfoDescription] = Field(
-        default=None, json_schema_extra=es_field(suppress=True)
-    )
-    page_hashes: Optional[list[PageReference]] = Field(
-        default=None, alias="page-hashes"
-    )
+class PictureClassificationClass(BaseModel):
+    """PictureClassificationData."""
 
+    class_name: str
+    confidence: float
 
-class Affiliation(BaseModel, extra="forbid"):
-    """Affiliation."""
-
-    name: str = Field(
-        ...,
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(
-            fields={
-                "lower": {
-                    "normalizer": "lowercase_asciifolding",
-                    "type": "keyword",
-                    "ignore_above": 8191,
-                },
-                "keyword": {"type": "keyword", "ignore_above": 8191},
-            },
-        ),
-    )
-    id: Optional[str] = Field(
-        default=None, json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191)
-    )
-    source: Optional[str] = Field(
-        default=None, json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191)
-    )
 
+class PictureClassificationData(BasePictureData):
+    """PictureClassificationData."""
 
-class Author(BaseModel, extra="forbid"):
-    """Author."""
-
-    name: str = Field(
-        ...,
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(
-            type="text",
-            fields={
-                "lower": {
-                    "normalizer": "lowercase_asciifolding",
-                    "type": "keyword",
-                    "ignore_above": 8191,
-                },
-                "keyword": {"type": "keyword", "ignore_above": 8191},
-            },
-        ),
-    )
-    id: Optional[str] = Field(
-        default=None, json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191)
-    )
-    source: Optional[str] = Field(
-        default=None, json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191)
-    )
-    affiliations: Optional[list[Affiliation]] = None
+    kind: Literal["classification"] = "classification"
+    provenance: str
+    predicted_classes: List[PictureClassificationClass]
 
 
-class Publication(BaseModel, Generic[IdentifierTypeT], extra="forbid"):
-    """Publication details of a journal or venue."""
+class PictureDescriptionData(BasePictureData):
+    """PictureDescriptionData."""
 
-    identifiers: Optional[list[Identifier[IdentifierTypeT]]] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description="Unique identifiers of a publication venue.",
-    )
-    name: StrictStr = Field(
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191),
-        description="Name of the publication.",
-    )
-    alternate_names: Optional[list[StrictStr]] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(type="text"),
-        title="Alternate Names",
-        description="Other names or abbreviations of this publication.",
-    )
-    type: Optional[list[StrictStr]] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191),
-        description="Type of publication (journal article, conference, review,...).",
-    )
-    pages: Optional[StrictStr] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(type="text"),
-        description="Page range in the publication.",
-    )
-    issue: Optional[StrictStr] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191),
-        description="Publication issue (issue number).",
-    )
-    volume: Optional[StrictStr] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191),
-        description="Publication volume.",
-    )
-    url: Optional[AnyHttpUrl] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191),
-        description="URL on the publication site.",
-    )
+    kind: Literal["description"] = "description"
+    text: str
+    provenance: str
 
 
-class DescriptionLicense(BaseModel, extra="forbid"):
-    """Licence in document description."""
+class PictureMoleculeData(BaseModel):
+    """PictureMoleculeData."""
 
-    code: Optional[StrictStr] = Field(
-        default=None, json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191)
-    )
-    text: Optional[StrictStr] = None
+    kind: Literal["molecule_data"] = "molecule_data"
 
+    smi: str
+    confidence: float
+    class_name: str
+    segmentation: List[Tuple[float, float]]
+    provenance: str
 
-class CCSDocumentDescription(
-    AliasModel,
-    Generic[
-        DescriptionAdvancedT,
-        DescriptionAnalyticsT,
-        IdentifierTypeT,
-        LanguageT,
-        CollectionNameTypeT,
-    ],
-):
-    """Description in document."""
-
-    title: Optional[StrictStr] = None
-    abstract: Optional[list[StrictStr]] = None
-    authors: Optional[list[Author]] = None
-    affiliations: Optional[list[Affiliation]] = None
-    subjects: Optional[list[str]] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(
-            fields={"keyword": {"ignore_above": 8191, "type": "keyword"}}
-        ),
-    )
-    keywords: Optional[list[str]] = Field(
-        default=None, json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191)
-    )
-    publication_date: Optional[datetime] = None
-    languages: Optional[list[LanguageT]] = Field(
-        default=None, json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191)
-    )
-    license_: Optional[DescriptionLicense] = Field(default=None, alias="license")
-    publishers: Optional[list[StrictStr]] = Field(
-        default=None, json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191)
-    )
-    url_refs: Optional[list[str]] = Field(
-        default=None, json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191)
-    )
-    references: Optional[list[Identifier[IdentifierTypeT]]] = None
-    publication: Optional[list[Publication]] = Field(
-        default=None, description="List of publication journals or venues."
-    )
-    reference_count: Optional[NonNegativeInt] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        title="Reference Count",
-        description="Total number of documents referenced by this document.",
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(type="integer"),
-    )
-    citation_count: Optional[NonNegativeInt] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        title="Citation Count",
-        description=(
-            "Total number of citations that this document has received (number "
-            "of documents in whose bibliography this document appears)."
-        ),
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(type="integer"),
-    )
-    citation_date: Optional[datetime] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        title="Citation Count Date",
-        description="Last update date of the citation count.",
-    )
-    advanced: Optional[DescriptionAdvancedT] = None
-    analytics: Optional[DescriptionAnalyticsT] = None
-    logs: list[Log]
-    collection: Optional[CollectionDocumentInfo[CollectionNameTypeT]] = Field(
-        default=None, description="The collection information of this document."
-    )
-    acquisition: Optional[Acquisition] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "Information on how the document was obtained, for data governance"
-            " purposes."
-        ),
-    )
 
+class PictureMiscData(BaseModel):
+    """PictureMiscData."""
 
-class MinimalDocument(
-    AliasModel,
-    Generic[
-        DescriptionAdvancedT,
-        DescriptionAnalyticsT,
-        IdentifierTypeT,
-        LanguageT,
-        CollectionNameTypeT,
-    ],
-):
-    """Minimal model for a document."""
-
-    name: StrictStr = Field(alias="_name")
-    obj_type: Optional[StrictStr] = Field("document", alias="type")
-    description: CCSDocumentDescription[
-        DescriptionAdvancedT,
-        DescriptionAnalyticsT,
-        IdentifierTypeT,
-        LanguageT,
-        CollectionNameTypeT,
-    ]
-    file_info: FileInfoObject = Field(alias="file-info")
-    main_text: Optional[list[Union[Ref, BaseText]]] = Field(
-        default=None, alias="main-text"
-    )
-    figures: Optional[list[Figure]] = None
-    tables: Optional[list[Table]] = None
-
-
-class CCSDocument(
-    MinimalDocument,
-    Generic[
-        DescriptionAdvancedT,
-        DescriptionAnalyticsT,
-        IdentifierTypeT,
-        LanguageT,
-        CollectionNameTypeT,
+    kind: Literal["misc"] = "misc"
+    content: Dict[str, Any]
+
+
+PictureDataType = Annotated[
+    Union[
+        PictureClassificationData,
+        PictureDescriptionData,
+        PictureMoleculeData,
+        PictureMiscData,
     ],
-):
-    """Model for a CCS-generated document."""
-
-    obj_type: Optional[StrictStr] = Field("pdf-document", alias="type")
-    bitmaps: Optional[list[BitmapObject]] = None
-    equations: Optional[list[BaseCell]] = None
-    footnotes: Optional[list[BaseText]] = None
-    file_info: CCSFileInfoObject = Field(alias="file-info")
-    main_text: Optional[list[Union[Ref, BaseText]]] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        alias="main-text",
-    )
-    page_dimensions: Optional[list[PageDimensions]] = Field(
-        default=None, alias="page-dimensions"
-    )
-    page_footers: Optional[list[BaseText]] = Field(default=None, alias="page-footers")
-    page_headers: Optional[list[BaseText]] = Field(default=None, alias="page-headers")
-    s3_data: Optional[S3Data] = Field(default=None, alias="_s3_data")
+    Field(discriminator="kind"),
+]
+
+
+class TableCell(BaseModel):
+    """TableCell."""
+
+    bbox: Optional[BoundingBox] = None
+    row_span: int = 1
+    col_span: int = 1
+    start_row_offset_idx: int
+    end_row_offset_idx: int
+    start_col_offset_idx: int
+    end_col_offset_idx: int
+    text: str
+    column_header: bool = False
+    row_header: bool = False
+    row_section: bool = False
 
     @model_validator(mode="before")
     @classmethod
-    def from_dict(cls, data):
-        """Validates and fixes the input data."""
-        if not isinstance(data, dict):
-            return data
-        description_collection = data["description"].get("collection")
-        if not description_collection:
-            data["description"].setdefault("collection", {})
-
-        data["description"]["collection"].setdefault("type", "Document")
-        logs = data["description"].get("logs")
-        if not logs:
-            data["description"].setdefault("logs", [])
-
-        abstract = data["description"].get("abstract")
-        if abstract is not None and not isinstance(abstract, list):
-            if isinstance(abstract, str):
-                data["description"]["abstract"] = [abstract]
-            else:
-                data["description"].pop("abstract")
+    def from_dict_format(cls, data: Any) -> Any:
+        """from_dict_format."""
+        if isinstance(data, Dict):
+            # Check if this is a native BoundingBox or a bbox from docling-ibm-models
+            if (
+                # "bbox" not in data
+                # or data["bbox"] is None
+                # or isinstance(data["bbox"], BoundingBox)
+                "text"
+                in data
+            ):
+                return data
+            text = data["bbox"].get("token", "")
+            if not len(text):
+                text_cells = data.pop("text_cell_bboxes", None)
+                if text_cells:
+                    for el in text_cells:
+                        text += el["token"] + " "
+
+                text = text.strip()
+            data["text"] = text
 
-        for key in ["affiliations", "authors"]:
-            descr = data["description"].get(key)
-            if descr is not None and not isinstance(descr, list):
-                if isinstance(descr, dict):
-                    data["description"][key] = [descr]
-                else:
-                    data["description"].pop(key)
+        return data
 
-        if data.get("main-text"):
-            for item in data["main-text"]:
-                if ref := item.pop("__ref", None):
-                    item["$ref"] = ref
 
-        return data
+class TableData(BaseModel):  # TBD
+    """BaseTableData."""
 
+    table_cells: List[TableCell] = []
+    num_rows: int = 0
+    num_cols: int = 0
 
-class ExportedCCSDocument(
-    MinimalDocument,
-    Generic[
-        DescriptionAdvancedT,
-        DescriptionAnalyticsT,
-        IdentifierTypeT,
-        LanguageT,
-        CollectionNameTypeT,
-    ],
-):
-    """Document model for Docling."""
+    @computed_field  # type: ignore
+    @property
+    def grid(
+        self,
+    ) -> List[List[TableCell]]:
+        """grid."""
+        # Initialise empty table data grid (only empty cells)
+        table_data = [
+            [
+                TableCell(
+                    text="",
+                    start_row_offset_idx=i,
+                    end_row_offset_idx=i + 1,
+                    start_col_offset_idx=j,
+                    end_col_offset_idx=j + 1,
+                )
+                for j in range(self.num_cols)
+            ]
+            for i in range(self.num_rows)
+        ]
+
+        # Overwrite cells in table data for which there is actual cell content.
+        for cell in self.table_cells:
+            for i in range(
+                min(cell.start_row_offset_idx, self.num_rows),
+                min(cell.end_row_offset_idx, self.num_rows),
+            ):
+                for j in range(
+                    min(cell.start_col_offset_idx, self.num_cols),
+                    min(cell.end_col_offset_idx, self.num_cols),
+                ):
+                    table_data[i][j] = cell
+
+        return table_data
 
-    obj_type: Optional[StrictStr] = Field(
-        "pdf-document",
-        alias="type",
-        json_schema_extra=es_field(type="keyword", ignore_above=8191),
+
+class DocumentOrigin(BaseModel):
+    """FileSource."""
+
+    mimetype: str  # the mimetype of the original file
+    binary_hash: Uint64  # the binary hash of the original file.
+    # TODO: Change to be Uint64 and provide utility method to generate
+
+    filename: str  # The name of the original file, including extension, without path.
+    # Could stem from filesystem, source URI, Content-Disposition header, ...
+
+    uri: Optional[AnyUrl] = (
+        None  # any possible reference to a source file,
+        # from any file handler protocol (e.g. https://, file://, s3://)
     )
-    bitmaps: Optional[list[BitmapObject]] = None
-    equations: Optional[list[BaseCell]] = None
-    footnotes: Optional[list[BaseText]] = None
-    description: CCSDocumentDescription[
-        DescriptionAdvancedT,
-        DescriptionAnalyticsT,
-        IdentifierTypeT,
-        LanguageT,
-        CollectionNameTypeT,
+
+    _extra_mimetypes: typing.ClassVar[List[str]] = [
+        "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
+        "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template",
+        "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template",
+        "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow",
+        "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation",
+        "text/asciidoc",
     ]
-    file_info: CCSFileInfoObject = Field(alias="file-info")
-    main_text: Optional[list[Union[Ref, BaseText]]] = Field(
-        default=None, alias="main-text"
-    )
-    page_dimensions: Optional[list[PageDimensions]] = Field(
-        default=None, alias="page-dimensions"
+
+    @field_validator("binary_hash", mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def parse_hex_string(cls, value):
+        """parse_hex_string."""
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            try:
+                # Convert hex string to an integer
+                hash_int = Uint64(value, 16)
+                # Mask to fit within 64 bits (unsigned)
+                return (
+                    hash_int & 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
+                )  # TODO be sure it doesn't clip uint64 max
+            except ValueError:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid sha256 hexdigest: {value}")
+        return value  # If already an int, return it as is.
+
+    @field_validator("mimetype")
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_mimetype(cls, v):
+        """validate_mimetype."""
+        # Check if the provided MIME type is valid using mimetypes module
+        if v not in mimetypes.types_map.values() and v not in cls._extra_mimetypes:
+            raise ValueError(f"'{v}' is not a valid MIME type")
+        return v
+
+
+class RefItem(BaseModel):
+    """RefItem."""
+
+    cref: str = Field(alias="$ref", pattern=_JSON_POINTER_REGEX)
+
+    # This method makes RefItem compatible with DocItem
+    def get_ref(self):
+        """get_ref."""
+        return self
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(
+        populate_by_name=True,
     )
-    page_footers: Optional[list[BaseText]] = Field(default=None, alias="page-footers")
-    page_headers: Optional[list[BaseText]] = Field(default=None, alias="page-headers")
-    s3_data: Optional[S3Data] = Field(default=None, alias="_s3_data")
-    identifiers: Optional[list[Identifier[IdentifierTypeT]]] = None
 
-    @model_validator(mode="before")
+    def resolve(self, doc: "DoclingDocument"):
+        """resolve."""
+        path_components = self.cref.split("/")
+        if (num_comps := len(path_components)) == 3:
+            _, path, index_str = path_components
+            index = int(index_str)
+            obj = doc.__getattribute__(path)[index]
+        elif num_comps == 2:
+            _, path = path_components
+            obj = doc.__getattribute__(path)
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Unsupported number of path components: {num_comps}")
+        return obj
+
+
+class ImageRef(BaseModel):
+    """ImageRef."""
+
+    mimetype: str
+    dpi: int
+    size: Size
+    uri: AnyUrl
+    _pil: Optional[PILImage.Image] = None
+
+    @property
+    def pil_image(self) -> PILImage.Image:
+        """Return the PIL Image."""
+        if self._pil is not None:
+            return self._pil
+
+        if str(self.uri).startswith("data:"):
+            encoded_img = str(self.uri).split(",")[1]
+            decoded_img = base64.b64decode(encoded_img)
+            self._pil = PILImage.open(BytesIO(decoded_img))
+        else:
+            self._pil = PILImage.open(str(self.uri))
+
+        return self._pil
+
+    @field_validator("mimetype")
     @classmethod
-    def from_dict(cls, data):
-        """Fix ref in main-text."""
-        if not isinstance(data, dict):
-            return data
-        if data.get("main-text"):
-            for item in data["main-text"]:
-                if ref := item.pop("__ref", None):
-                    item["$ref"] = ref
+    def validate_mimetype(cls, v):
+        """validate_mimetype."""
+        # Check if the provided MIME type is valid using mimetypes module
+        if v not in mimetypes.types_map.values():
+            raise ValueError(f"'{v}' is not a valid MIME type")
+        return v
 
-        return data
+    @classmethod
+    def from_pil(cls, image: PILImage.Image, dpi: int) -> Self:
+        """Construct ImageRef from a PIL Image."""
+        buffered = BytesIO()
+        image.save(buffered, format="PNG")
+        img_str = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue()).decode("utf-8")
+        img_uri = f"data:image/png;base64,{img_str}"
+        return cls(
+            mimetype="image/png",
+            dpi=dpi,
+            size=Size(width=image.width, height=image.height),
+            uri=img_uri,
+            _pil=image,
+        )
 
-    def _resolve_ref(self, item: Ref) -> Optional[Union[BaseCell, BaseText]]:
-        """Return the resolved reference.
 
-        Resolved the Ref object within the document.
-        If the object is not found, None is returned.
+class ProvenanceItem(BaseModel):
+    """ProvenanceItem."""
+
+    page_no: int
+    bbox: BoundingBox
+    charspan: Tuple[int, int]
+
+
+class NodeItem(BaseModel):
+    """NodeItem."""
+
+    self_ref: str = Field(pattern=_JSON_POINTER_REGEX)
+    parent: Optional[RefItem] = None
+    children: List[RefItem] = []
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
+
+    def get_ref(self):
+        """get_ref."""
+        return RefItem(cref=self.self_ref)
+
+
+class GroupItem(NodeItem):  # Container type, can't be a leaf node
+    """GroupItem."""
+
+    name: str = (
+        "group"  # Name of the group, e.g. "Introduction Chapter",
+        # "Slide 5", "Navigation menu list", ...
+    )
+    label: GroupLabel = GroupLabel.UNSPECIFIED
+
+
+class DocItem(
+    NodeItem
+):  # Base type for any element that carries content, can be a leaf node
+    """DocItem."""
+
+    label: DocItemLabel
+    prov: List[ProvenanceItem] = []
+
+    def get_location_tokens(
+        self,
+        doc: "DoclingDocument",
+        new_line: str,
+        xsize: int = 100,
+        ysize: int = 100,
+        add_page_index: bool = True,
+    ) -> str:
+        """Get the location string for the BaseCell."""
+        if not len(self.prov):
+            return ""
+
+        location = ""
+        for prov in self.prov:
+            page_w, page_h = doc.pages[prov.page_no].size.as_tuple()
+
+            page_i = -1
+            if add_page_index:
+                page_i = prov.page_no
+
+            loc_str = DocumentToken.get_location(
+                bbox=prov.bbox.to_bottom_left_origin(page_h).as_tuple(),
+                page_w=page_w,
+                page_h=page_h,
+                xsize=xsize,
+                ysize=ysize,
+                page_i=page_i,
+            )
+            location += f"{loc_str}{new_line}"
+
+        return location
+
+
+class TextItem(DocItem):
+    """TextItem."""
+
+    orig: str  # untreated representation
+    text: str  # sanitized representation
+
+    def export_to_document_tokens(
+        self,
+        doc: "DoclingDocument",
+        new_line: str = "\n",
+        xsize: int = 100,
+        ysize: int = 100,
+        add_location: bool = True,
+        add_content: bool = True,
+        add_page_index: bool = True,
+    ):
+        r"""Export text element to document tokens format.
+
+        :param doc: "DoclingDocument":
+        :param new_line: str:  (Default value = "\n")
+        :param xsize: int:  (Default value = 100)
+        :param ysize: int:  (Default value = 100)
+        :param add_location: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_content: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_page_index: bool:  (Default value = True)
+
         """
-        result: Optional[Union[BaseCell, BaseText]] = None
-
-        # NOTE: currently only resolves refs explicitely, such that we can make
-        # assumptions on ref parts
-        if item.obj_type == "table" and self.tables:
-            parts = item.ref.split("/")
-            result = self.tables[int(parts[2])]
-        elif item.obj_type == "figure" and self.figures:
-            parts = item.ref.split("/")
-            result = self.figures[int(parts[2])]
-        elif item.obj_type == "equation" and self.equations:
-            parts = item.ref.split("/")
-            result = self.equations[int(parts[2])]
-        elif item.obj_type == "footnote" and self.footnotes:
-            parts = item.ref.split("/")
-            result = self.footnotes[int(parts[2])]
+        body = f"<{self.label.value}>"
 
-        return result
+        # TODO: This must be done through an explicit mapping.
+        # assert DocumentToken.is_known_token(
+        #    body
+        # ), f"failed DocumentToken.is_known_token({body})"
+
+        if add_location:
+            body += self.get_location_tokens(
+                doc=doc,
+                new_line="",
+                xsize=xsize,
+                ysize=ysize,
+                add_page_index=add_page_index,
+            )
+
+        if add_content and self.text is not None:
+            body += self.text.strip()
+
+        body += f"</{self.label.value}>{new_line}"
+
+        return body
+
+
+class SectionHeaderItem(TextItem):
+    """SectionItem."""
+
+    label: typing.Literal[DocItemLabel.SECTION_HEADER] = DocItemLabel.SECTION_HEADER
+    level: LevelNumber
+
+
+class ListItem(TextItem):
+    """SectionItem."""
+
+    label: typing.Literal[DocItemLabel.LIST_ITEM] = DocItemLabel.LIST_ITEM
+    enumerated: bool = False
+    marker: str  # The bullet or number symbol that prefixes this list item
+
+
+class FloatingItem(DocItem):
+    """FloatingItem."""
+
+    captions: List[RefItem] = []
+    references: List[RefItem] = []
+    footnotes: List[RefItem] = []
+    image: Optional[ImageRef] = None
+
+    def caption_text(self, doc: "DoclingDocument") -> str:
+        """Computes the caption as a single text."""
+        text = ""
+        for cap in self.captions:
+            text += cap.resolve(doc).text
+        return text
+
+
+class PictureItem(FloatingItem):
+    """PictureItem."""
+
+    label: typing.Literal[DocItemLabel.PICTURE] = DocItemLabel.PICTURE
+
+    annotations: List[PictureDataType] = []
+
+    def export_to_document_tokens(
+        self,
+        doc: "DoclingDocument",
+        new_line: str = "\n",
+        xsize: int = 100,
+        ysize: int = 100,
+        add_location: bool = True,
+        add_caption: bool = True,
+        add_content: bool = True,  # not used at the moment
+        add_page_index: bool = True,
+    ):
+        r"""Export picture to document tokens format.
+
+        :param doc: "DoclingDocument":
+        :param new_line: str:  (Default value = "\n")
+        :param xsize: int:  (Default value = 100)
+        :param ysize: int:  (Default value = 100)
+        :param add_location: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_caption: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_content: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param # not used at the momentadd_page_index: bool:  (Default value = True)
+
+        """
+        body = f"{DocumentToken.BEG_FIGURE.value}{new_line}"
+
+        if add_location:
+            body += self.get_location_tokens(
+                doc=doc,
+                new_line=new_line,
+                xsize=xsize,
+                ysize=ysize,
+                add_page_index=add_page_index,
+            )
+
+        if add_caption and len(self.captions):
+            text = self.caption_text(doc)
+
+            if len(text):
+                body += f"{DocumentToken.BEG_CAPTION.value}"
+                body += f"{text.strip()}"
+                body += f"{DocumentToken.END_CAPTION.value}"
+                body += f"{new_line}"
+
+        body += f"{DocumentToken.END_FIGURE.value}{new_line}"
+
+        return body
 
-    def get_map_to_page_dimensions(self):
-        """Get a map from page-index (start at 1) to page-dim [width, height]."""
-        pagedims = {}
 
-        if self.page_dimensions is not None:
-            for _ in self.page_dimensions:
-                pagedims[_.page] = [_.width, _.height]
+class TableItem(FloatingItem):
+    """TableItem."""
 
-        return pagedims
+    data: TableData
+    label: typing.Literal[DocItemLabel.TABLE] = DocItemLabel.TABLE
+
+    def export_to_dataframe(self) -> pd.DataFrame:
+        """Export the table as a Pandas DataFrame."""
+        if self.data.num_rows == 0 or self.data.num_cols == 0:
+            return pd.DataFrame()
+
+        # Count how many rows are column headers
+        num_headers = 0
+        for i, row in enumerate(self.data.grid):
+            if len(row) == 0:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    f"Invalid table. {len(row)=} but {self.data.num_cols=}."
+                )
+
+            any_header = False
+            for cell in row:
+                if cell.column_header:
+                    any_header = True
+                    break
+
+            if any_header:
+                num_headers += 1
+            else:
+                break
+
+        # Create the column names from all col_headers
+        columns: Optional[List[str]] = None
+        if num_headers > 0:
+            columns = ["" for _ in range(self.data.num_cols)]
+            for i in range(num_headers):
+                for j, cell in enumerate(self.data.grid[i]):
+                    col_name = cell.text
+                    if columns[j] != "":
+                        col_name = f".{col_name}"
+                    columns[j] += col_name
+
+        # Create table data
+        table_data = [
+            [cell.text for cell in row] for row in self.data.grid[num_headers:]
+        ]
+
+        # Create DataFrame
+        df = pd.DataFrame(table_data, columns=columns)
+
+        return df
+
+    def export_to_markdown(self) -> str:
+        """Export the table as markdown."""
+        table = []
+        for row in self.data.grid:
+            tmp = []
+            for col in row:
+                tmp.append(col.text)
+            table.append(tmp)
+
+        md_table = ""
+        if len(table) > 1 and len(table[0]) > 0:
+            try:
+                md_table = tabulate(table[1:], headers=table[0], tablefmt="github")
+            except ValueError:
+                md_table = tabulate(
+                    table[1:],
+                    headers=table[0],
+                    tablefmt="github",
+                    disable_numparse=True,
+                )
+        return md_table
+
+    def export_to_html(self) -> str:
+        """Export the table as html."""
+        body = ""
+        nrows = self.data.num_rows
+        ncols = self.data.num_cols
+
+        if not len(self.data.table_cells):
+            return ""
+        for i in range(nrows):
+            body += "<tr>"
+            for j in range(ncols):
+                cell: TableCell = self.data.grid[i][j]
+
+                rowspan, rowstart = (
+                    cell.row_span,
+                    cell.start_row_offset_idx,
+                )
+                colspan, colstart = (
+                    cell.col_span,
+                    cell.start_col_offset_idx,
+                )
+
+                if rowstart != i:
+                    continue
+                if colstart != j:
+                    continue
+
+                content = cell.text.strip()
+                celltag = "td"
+                if cell.column_header:
+                    celltag = "th"
+
+                opening_tag = f"{celltag}"
+                if rowspan > 1:
+                    opening_tag += f' rowspan="{rowspan}"'
+                if colspan > 1:
+                    opening_tag += f' colspan="{colspan}"'
+
+                body += f"<{opening_tag}>{content}</{celltag}>"
+            body += "</tr>"
+        body = f"<table>{body}</table>"
+
+        return body
+
+    def export_to_document_tokens(
+        self,
+        doc: "DoclingDocument",
+        new_line: str = "\n",
+        xsize: int = 100,
+        ysize: int = 100,
+        add_location: bool = True,
+        add_caption: bool = True,
+        add_content: bool = True,
+        add_cell_location: bool = True,
+        add_cell_label: bool = True,
+        add_cell_text: bool = True,
+        add_page_index: bool = True,
+    ):
+        r"""Export table to document tokens format.
+
+        :param doc: "DoclingDocument":
+        :param new_line: str:  (Default value = "\n")
+        :param xsize: int:  (Default value = 100)
+        :param ysize: int:  (Default value = 100)
+        :param add_location: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_caption: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_content: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_cell_location: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_cell_label: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_cell_text: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_page_index: bool:  (Default value = True)
+
+        """
+        body = f"{DocumentToken.BEG_TABLE.value}{new_line}"
+
+        if add_location:
+            body += self.get_location_tokens(
+                doc=doc,
+                new_line=new_line,
+                xsize=xsize,
+                ysize=ysize,
+                add_page_index=add_page_index,
+            )
+
+        if add_caption and len(self.captions):
+            text = self.caption_text(doc)
+
+            if len(text):
+                body += f"{DocumentToken.BEG_CAPTION.value}"
+                body += f"{text.strip()}"
+                body += f"{DocumentToken.END_CAPTION.value}"
+                body += f"{new_line}"
+
+        if add_content and len(self.data.table_cells) > 0:
+            for i, row in enumerate(self.data.grid):
+                body += f"<row_{i}>"
+                for j, col in enumerate(row):
+
+                    text = ""
+                    if add_cell_text:
+                        text = col.text.strip()
+
+                    cell_loc = ""
+                    if (
+                        col.bbox is not None
+                        and add_cell_location
+                        and add_page_index
+                        and len(self.prov) > 0
+                    ):
+                        page_w, page_h = doc.pages[self.prov[0].page_no].size.as_tuple()
+                        cell_loc = DocumentToken.get_location(
+                            bbox=col.bbox.to_bottom_left_origin(page_h).as_tuple(),
+                            page_w=page_w,
+                            page_h=page_h,
+                            xsize=xsize,
+                            ysize=ysize,
+                            page_i=self.prov[0].page_no,
+                        )
+                    elif (
+                        col.bbox is not None
+                        and add_cell_location
+                        and not add_page_index
+                        and len(self.prov) > 0
+                    ):
+                        page_w, page_h = doc.pages[self.prov[0].page_no].size.as_tuple()
+
+                        cell_loc = DocumentToken.get_location(
+                            bbox=col.bbox.to_bottom_left_origin(page_h).as_tuple(),
+                            page_w=page_w,
+                            page_h=page_h,
+                            xsize=xsize,
+                            ysize=ysize,
+                            page_i=-1,
+                        )
+
+                    cell_label = ""
+                    if add_cell_label:
+                        if col.column_header:
+                            cell_label = "<col_header>"
+                        elif col.row_header:
+                            cell_label = "<row_header>"
+                        elif col.row_section:
+                            cell_label = "<row_section>"
+                        else:
+                            cell_label = "<body>"
+
+                    body += f"<col_{j}>{cell_loc}{cell_label}{text}</col_{j}>"
+
+                body += f"</row_{i}>{new_line}"
+
+        body += f"{DocumentToken.END_TABLE.value}{new_line}"
+
+        return body
+
+
+class KeyValueItem(DocItem):
+    """KeyValueItem."""
+
+
+ContentItem = Union[
+    TextItem, SectionHeaderItem, ListItem, PictureItem, TableItem, KeyValueItem
+]
+
+
+class PageItem(BaseModel):
+    """PageItem."""
+
+    # A page carries separate root items for furniture and body,
+    # only referencing items on the page
+    size: Size
+    image: Optional[ImageRef] = None
+    page_no: int
+
+
+class DoclingDocument(BaseModel):
+    """DoclingDocument."""
+
+    schema_name: typing.Literal["DoclingDocument"] = "DoclingDocument"
+    version: Annotated[str, StringConstraints(pattern=VERSION_PATTERN, strict=True)] = (
+        CURRENT_VERSION
+    )
+    name: str  # The working name of this document, without extensions
+    # (could be taken from originating doc, or just "Untitled 1")
+    origin: Optional[DocumentOrigin] = (
+        None  # DoclingDocuments may specify an origin (converted to DoclingDocument).
+        # This is optional, e.g. a DoclingDocument could also be entirely
+        # generated from synthetic data.
+    )
+
+    furniture: GroupItem = GroupItem(
+        name="_root_", self_ref="#/furniture"
+    )  # List[RefItem] = []
+    body: GroupItem = GroupItem(name="_root_", self_ref="#/body")  # List[RefItem] = []
+
+    groups: List[GroupItem] = []
+    texts: List[Union[SectionHeaderItem, ListItem, TextItem]] = []
+    pictures: List[PictureItem] = []
+    tables: List[TableItem] = []
+    key_value_items: List[KeyValueItem] = []
+
+    pages: Dict[int, PageItem] = {}  # empty as default
+
+    def add_group(
+        self,
+        label: Optional[GroupLabel] = None,
+        name: Optional[str] = None,
+        parent: Optional[GroupItem] = None,
+    ) -> GroupItem:
+        """add_group.
+
+        :param label: Optional[GroupLabel]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param name: Optional[str]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param parent: Optional[GroupItem]:  (Default value = None)
+
+        """
+        if not parent:
+            parent = self.body
+
+        group_index = len(self.groups)
+        cref = f"#/groups/{group_index}"
+
+        group = GroupItem(self_ref=cref, parent=parent.get_ref())
+        if name is not None:
+            group.name = name
+        if label is not None:
+            group.label = label
+
+        self.groups.append(group)
+        parent.children.append(RefItem(cref=cref))
+
+        return group
+
+    def add_list_item(
+        self,
+        text: str,
+        enumerated: bool = False,
+        marker: Optional[str] = None,
+        orig: Optional[str] = None,
+        prov: Optional[ProvenanceItem] = None,
+        parent: Optional[GroupItem] = None,
+    ):
+        """add_paragraph.
+
+        :param label: str:
+        :param text: str:
+        :param orig: Optional[str]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param prov: Optional[ProvenanceItem]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param parent: Optional[GroupItem]:  (Default value = None)
+
+        """
+        if not parent:
+            parent = self.body
+
+        if not orig:
+            orig = text
+
+        marker = marker or "-"
+
+        text_index = len(self.texts)
+        cref = f"#/texts/{text_index}"
+        list_item = ListItem(
+            text=text,
+            orig=orig,
+            self_ref=cref,
+            parent=parent.get_ref(),
+            enumerated=enumerated,
+            marker=marker,
+        )
+        if prov:
+            list_item.prov.append(prov)
+
+        self.texts.append(list_item)
+        parent.children.append(RefItem(cref=cref))
+
+        return list_item
+
+    def add_text(
+        self,
+        label: DocItemLabel,
+        text: str,
+        orig: Optional[str] = None,
+        prov: Optional[ProvenanceItem] = None,
+        parent: Optional[GroupItem] = None,
+    ):
+        """add_paragraph.
+
+        :param label: str:
+        :param text: str:
+        :param orig: Optional[str]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param prov: Optional[ProvenanceItem]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param parent: Optional[GroupItem]:  (Default value = None)
+
+        """
+        if not parent:
+            parent = self.body
+
+        if not orig:
+            orig = text
+
+        text_index = len(self.texts)
+        cref = f"#/texts/{text_index}"
+        text_item = TextItem(
+            label=label,
+            text=text,
+            orig=orig,
+            self_ref=cref,
+            parent=parent.get_ref(),
+        )
+        if prov:
+            text_item.prov.append(prov)
+
+        self.texts.append(text_item)
+        parent.children.append(RefItem(cref=cref))
+
+        return text_item
+
+    def add_table(
+        self,
+        data: TableData,
+        caption: Optional[Union[TextItem, RefItem]] = None,  # This is not cool yet.
+        prov: Optional[ProvenanceItem] = None,
+        parent: Optional[GroupItem] = None,
+    ):
+        """add_table.
+
+        :param data: BaseTableData:
+        :param caption: Optional[Union[TextItem:
+        :param RefItem]]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param # This is not cool yet.prov: Optional[ProvenanceItem]
+        :param parent: Optional[GroupItem]:  (Default value = None)
+
+        """
+        if not parent:
+            parent = self.body
+
+        table_index = len(self.tables)
+        cref = f"#/tables/{table_index}"
+
+        tbl_item = TableItem(
+            label=DocItemLabel.TABLE, data=data, self_ref=cref, parent=parent.get_ref()
+        )
+        if prov:
+            tbl_item.prov.append(prov)
+        if caption:
+            tbl_item.captions.append(caption.get_ref())
+
+        self.tables.append(tbl_item)
+        parent.children.append(RefItem(cref=cref))
+
+        return tbl_item
+
+    def add_picture(
+        self,
+        annotations: List[PictureDataType] = [],
+        image: Optional[ImageRef] = None,
+        caption: Optional[Union[TextItem, RefItem]] = None,
+        prov: Optional[ProvenanceItem] = None,
+        parent: Optional[GroupItem] = None,
+    ):
+        """add_picture.
+
+        :param data: List[PictureData]: (Default value = [])
+        :param caption: Optional[Union[TextItem:
+        :param RefItem]]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param prov: Optional[ProvenanceItem]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param parent: Optional[GroupItem]:  (Default value = None)
+
+        """
+        if not parent:
+            parent = self.body
+
+        picture_index = len(self.pictures)
+        cref = f"#/pictures/{picture_index}"
+
+        fig_item = PictureItem(
+            label=DocItemLabel.PICTURE,
+            annotations=annotations,
+            image=image,
+            self_ref=cref,
+            parent=parent.get_ref(),
+        )
+        if prov:
+            fig_item.prov.append(prov)
+        if caption:
+            fig_item.captions.append(caption.get_ref())
+
+        self.pictures.append(fig_item)
+        parent.children.append(RefItem(cref=cref))
+
+        return fig_item
+
+    def add_heading(
+        self,
+        text: str,
+        orig: Optional[str] = None,
+        level: LevelNumber = 1,
+        prov: Optional[ProvenanceItem] = None,
+        parent: Optional[GroupItem] = None,
+    ):
+        """add_heading.
+
+        :param label: DocItemLabel:
+        :param text: str:
+        :param orig: Optional[str]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param level: LevelNumber:  (Default value = 1)
+        :param prov: Optional[ProvenanceItem]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param parent: Optional[GroupItem]:  (Default value = None)
+
+        """
+        if not parent:
+            parent = self.body
+
+        if not orig:
+            orig = text
+
+        text_index = len(self.texts)
+        cref = f"#/texts/{text_index}"
+        section_header_item = SectionHeaderItem(
+            level=level,
+            text=text,
+            orig=orig,
+            self_ref=cref,
+            parent=parent.get_ref(),
+        )
+        if prov:
+            section_header_item.prov.append(prov)
+
+        self.texts.append(section_header_item)
+        parent.children.append(RefItem(cref=cref))
+
+        return section_header_item
+
+    def num_pages(self):
+        """num_pages."""
+        return len(self.pages.values())
+
+    def validate_tree(self, root) -> bool:
+        """validate_tree."""
+        res = []
+        for child_ref in root.children:
+            child = child_ref.resolve(self)
+            if child.parent.resolve(self) != root:
+                return False
+            res.append(self.validate_tree(child))
+
+        return all(res) or len(res) == 0
+
+    def iterate_items(
+        self,
+        root: Optional[NodeItem] = None,
+        with_groups: bool = False,
+        traverse_pictures: bool = True,
+        page_no: Optional[int] = None,
+        _level: int = 0,  # fixed parameter, carries through the node nesting level
+    ) -> typing.Iterable[Tuple[NodeItem, int]]:  # tuple of node and level
+        """iterate_elements.
+
+        :param root: Optional[NodeItem]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param with_groups: bool:  (Default value = False)
+        :param traverse_pictures: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param page_no: Optional[int]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param _level:  (Default value = 0)
+        :param # fixed parameter:
+        :param carries through the node nesting level:
+        """
+        if not root:
+            root = self.body
+
+        if not isinstance(root, GroupItem) or with_groups:
+            if isinstance(root, DocItem):
+                if page_no is not None:
+                    for prov in root.prov:
+                        if prov.page_no == page_no:
+                            yield root, _level
+                else:
+                    yield root, _level
+            else:
+                yield root, _level
+
+        # Traverse children
+        for child_ref in root.children:
+            child = child_ref.resolve(self)
+
+            if isinstance(child, NodeItem):
+                # If the child is a NodeItem, recursively traverse it
+                if not isinstance(child, PictureItem) or traverse_pictures:
+                    yield from self.iterate_items(
+                        child, _level=_level + 1, with_groups=with_groups
+                    )
+
+    def print_element_tree(self):
+        """print_element_tree."""
+        for ix, (item, level) in enumerate(self.iterate_items(with_groups=True)):
+            if isinstance(item, GroupItem):
+                print(" " * level, f"{ix}: {item.label.value} with name={item.name}")
+            elif isinstance(item, DocItem):
+                print(" " * level, f"{ix}: {item.label.value}")
+
+    def export_to_dict(self) -> Dict:
+        """export_to_dict."""
+        return self.model_dump(mode="json", by_alias=True, exclude_none=True)
 
     def export_to_markdown(  # noqa: C901
         self,
         delim: str = "\n\n",
-        main_text_start: int = 0,
-        main_text_stop: Optional[int] = None,
-        main_text_labels: list[str] = [
-            "title",
-            "subtitle-level-1",
-            "paragraph",
-            "caption",
-            "table",
-            "figure",
-        ],
+        from_element: int = 0,
+        to_element: Optional[int] = None,
+        labels: set[DocItemLabel] = DEFAULT_EXPORT_LABELS,
         strict_text: bool = False,
         image_placeholder: str = "<!-- image -->",
     ) -> str:
@@ -455,66 +1120,77 @@ class ExportedCCSDocument(
         Operates on a slice of the document's main_text as defined through arguments
         main_text_start and main_text_stop; defaulting to the whole main_text.
 
-        Args:
-            delim (str, optional): Delimiter to use when concatenating the various
+        :param delim: Delimiter to use when concatenating the various
                 Markdown parts. Defaults to "\n\n".
-            main_text_start (int, optional): Main-text slicing start index (inclusive).
+        :type delim: str
+        :param from_element: Body slicing start index (inclusive).
                 Defaults to 0.
-            main_text_end (Optional[int], optional): Main-text slicing stop index
+        :type from_element: int
+        :param to_element: Body slicing stop index
                 (exclusive). Defaults to None.
-            main_text_labels (list[str], optional): The labels to include in the
-                markdown.
-            strict_text (bool, optional): if true, the output will be only plain text
-                without any markdown styling. Defaults to False.
-            image_placeholder (str, optional): the placeholder to include to position
-                images in the markdown. Defaults to a markdown comment "<!-- image -->".
-
-        Returns:
-            str: The exported Markdown representation.
+        :type to_element: Optional[int]
+        :param delim: str:  (Default value = "\n\n")
+        :param from_element: int:  (Default value = 0)
+        :param to_element: Optional[int]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param labels: set[DocItemLabel]
+        :param "subtitle-level-1":
+        :param "paragraph":
+        :param "caption":
+        :param "table":
+        :param "Text":
+        :param "text":
+        :param ]:
+        :param strict_text: bool:  (Default value = False)
+        :param image_placeholder str:  (Default value = "<!-- image -->")
+            the placeholder to include to position images in the markdown.
+        :returns: The exported Markdown representation.
+        :rtype: str
         """
         has_title = False
         prev_text = ""
         md_texts: list[str] = []
 
-        if self.main_text is not None:
-            # collect all captions embedded in table and figure objects
-            # to avoid repeating them
-            embedded_captions = set()
-            for orig_item in self.main_text[main_text_start:main_text_stop]:
-                item = (
-                    self._resolve_ref(orig_item)
-                    if isinstance(orig_item, Ref)
-                    else orig_item
-                )
-                if item is None:
-                    continue
-
-                if (
-                    isinstance(item, (Table, Figure))
-                    and item.text
-                    and item.obj_type in main_text_labels
-                ):
-                    embedded_captions.add(item.text)
-
-            # serialize document to markdown
-            for orig_item in self.main_text[main_text_start:main_text_stop]:
-                markdown_text = ""
-
-                item = (
-                    self._resolve_ref(orig_item)
-                    if isinstance(orig_item, Ref)
-                    else orig_item
-                )
-                if item is None:
-                    continue
-
-                item_type = item.obj_type
-                if isinstance(item, BaseText) and item_type in main_text_labels:
+        # collect all captions embedded in table and figure objects
+        # to avoid repeating them
+        embedded_captions = set()
+        skip_count = 0
+        for ix, (item, level) in enumerate(self.iterate_items(self.body)):
+            if skip_count < from_element:
+                skip_count += 1
+                continue  # skip as many items as you want
+
+            if to_element and ix >= to_element:
+                break
+
+            if (
+                isinstance(item, (TableItem, PictureItem))
+                and len(item.captions) > 0
+                and item.label in labels
+            ):
+                caption = item.caption_text(self)
+                if caption:
+                    embedded_captions.add(caption)
+
+        skip_count = 0
+        for ix, (item, level) in enumerate(self.iterate_items(self.body)):
+            if skip_count < from_element:
+                skip_count += 1
+                continue  # skip as many items as you want
+
+            if to_element and ix >= to_element:
+                break
+
+            markdown_text = ""
+
+            if isinstance(item, DocItem):
+                item_type = item.label
+
+                if isinstance(item, TextItem) and item_type in labels:
                     text = item.text
 
                     # skip captions of they are embedded in the actual
                     # floating object
-                    if item_type == "caption" and text in embedded_captions:
+                    if item_type == DocItemLabel.CAPTION and text in embedded_captions:
                         continue
 
                     # ignore repeated text
@@ -524,7 +1200,7 @@ class ExportedCCSDocument(
                         prev_text = text
 
                     # first title match
-                    if item_type == "title" and not has_title:
+                    if item_type == DocItemLabel.TITLE and not has_title:
                         if strict_text:
                             markdown_text = f"{text}"
                         else:
@@ -532,78 +1208,89 @@ class ExportedCCSDocument(
                         has_title = True
 
                     # secondary titles
-                    elif item_type in {"title", "subtitle-level-1"} or (
-                        has_title and item_type == "title"
-                    ):
+                    elif item_type in {
+                        DocItemLabel.TITLE,
+                        DocItemLabel.SECTION_HEADER,
+                    } or (has_title and item_type == DocItemLabel.TITLE):
                         if strict_text:
                             markdown_text = f"{text}"
                         else:
                             markdown_text = f"## {text}"
 
+                    # secondary titles
+                    elif isinstance(item, ListItem):
+                        if item.enumerated:
+                            marker = item.marker
+                        else:
+                            marker = "-"
+
+                        markdown_text = f"{marker} {text}"
+
                     # normal text
                     else:
                         markdown_text = text
 
-                elif (
-                    isinstance(item, Table)
-                    and item.data
-                    and item_type in main_text_labels
-                ):
+                elif isinstance(item, TableItem) and item.data and item_type in labels:
+                    parts = []
 
-                    md_table = ""
-                    table = []
-                    for row in item.data:
-                        tmp = []
-                        for col in row:
-                            tmp.append(col.text)
-                        table.append(tmp)
-
-                    if len(table) > 1 and len(table[0]) > 0:
-                        try:
-                            md_table = tabulate(
-                                table[1:], headers=table[0], tablefmt="github"
-                            )
-                        except ValueError:
-                            md_table = tabulate(
-                                table[1:],
-                                headers=table[0],
-                                tablefmt="github",
-                                disable_numparse=True,
-                            )
-
-                    markdown_text = ""
-                    if item.text:
-                        markdown_text = item.text
+                    # Compute the caption
+                    if caption := item.caption_text(self):
+                        parts.append(caption)
+                        parts.append("\n")
+
+                    # Rendered the item
                     if not strict_text:
-                        markdown_text += "\n" + md_table
+                        md_table = item.export_to_markdown()
+                        if md_table:
+                            parts.append(item.export_to_markdown())
+
+                    # Combine parts
+                    markdown_text = "\n".join(parts)
 
-                elif isinstance(item, Figure) and item_type in main_text_labels:
+                elif isinstance(item, PictureItem) and item_type in labels:
+                    parts = []
 
-                    markdown_text = ""
-                    if item.text:
-                        markdown_text = item.text
+                    # Compute the caption
+                    if caption := item.caption_text(self):
+                        parts.append(caption)
+                        parts.append("\n")
+
+                    # Rendered the item
                     if not strict_text:
-                        markdown_text += f"\n{image_placeholder}"
+                        parts.append(f"{image_placeholder}")
+
+                    # Combine parts
+                    markdown_text = "\n".join(parts)
 
-                if markdown_text:
-                    md_texts.append(markdown_text)
+            if markdown_text:
+                md_texts.append(markdown_text)
 
         result = delim.join(md_texts)
         return result
 
+    def export_to_text(  # noqa: C901
+        self,
+        delim: str = "\n\n",
+        from_element: int = 0,
+        to_element: Optional[int] = None,
+        labels: set[DocItemLabel] = DEFAULT_EXPORT_LABELS,
+    ) -> str:
+        """export_to_text."""
+        return self.export_to_markdown(
+            delim,
+            from_element,
+            to_element,
+            labels,
+            strict_text=True,
+            image_placeholder="",
+        )
+
     def export_to_document_tokens(
         self,
         delim: str = "\n\n",
-        main_text_start: int = 0,
-        main_text_stop: Optional[int] = None,
-        main_text_labels: list[str] = [
-            "title",
-            "subtitle-level-1",
-            "paragraph",
-            "caption",
-            "table",
-            "figure",
-        ],
+        from_element: int = 0,
+        to_element: Optional[int] = None,
+        labels: set[DocItemLabel] = DEFAULT_EXPORT_LABELS,
         xsize: int = 100,
         ysize: int = 100,
         add_location: bool = True,
@@ -616,11 +1303,23 @@ class ExportedCCSDocument(
     ) -> str:
         r"""Exports the document content to an DocumentToken format.
 
-        Operates on a slice of the document's main_text as defined through arguments
-        main_text_start and main_text_stop; defaulting to the whole main_text.
-
-        Returns:
-            str: The content of the document formatted as a DocTags string.
+        Operates on a slice of the document's body as defined through arguments
+        from_element and to_element; defaulting to the whole main_text.
+
+        :param delim: str:  (Default value = "\n\n")
+        :param from_element: int:  (Default value = 0)
+        :param to_element: Optional[int]:  (Default value = None)
+        :param labels: set[DocItemLabel]
+        :param xsize: int:  (Default value = 100)
+        :param ysize: int:  (Default value = 100)
+        :param add_location: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_content: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_page_index: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param # table specific flagsadd_table_cell_location: bool
+        :param add_table_cell_label: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :param add_table_cell_text: bool:  (Default value = True)
+        :returns: The content of the document formatted as a DocTags string.
+        :rtype: str
         """
         new_line = ""
         if delim:
@@ -630,82 +1329,113 @@ class ExportedCCSDocument(
 
         # pagedims = self.get_map_to_page_dimensions()
 
-        if self.main_text is not None:
-            for orig_item in self.main_text[main_text_start:main_text_stop]:
+        skip_count = 0
+        for ix, (item, level) in enumerate(self.iterate_items(self.body)):
+            if skip_count < from_element:
+                skip_count += 1
+                continue  # skip as many items as you want
 
-                item = (
-                    self._resolve_ref(orig_item)
-                    if isinstance(orig_item, Ref)
-                    else orig_item
-                )
+            if to_element and ix >= to_element:
+                break
 
-                if item is None:
-                    continue
+            if not isinstance(item, DocItem):
+                continue
 
-                prov = item.prov
+            prov = item.prov
 
-                page_i = -1
-                page_w = 0.0
-                page_h = 0.0
+            page_i = -1
 
-                if (
-                    add_location
-                    and self.page_dimensions is not None
-                    and prov is not None
-                    and len(prov) > 0
-                ):
+            if add_location and len(self.pages) and len(prov) > 0:
 
-                    page_i = prov[0].page
-                    page_dim = self.page_dimensions[page_i - 1]
+                page_i = prov[0].page_no
+                page_dim = self.pages[page_i].size
 
-                    page_w = float(page_dim.width)
-                    page_h = float(page_dim.height)
+                float(page_dim.width)
+                float(page_dim.height)
 
-                item_type = item.obj_type
-                if isinstance(item, BaseText) and (item_type in main_text_labels):
+            item_type = item.label
+            if isinstance(item, TextItem) and (item_type in labels):
 
-                    doctags += item.export_to_document_tokens(
-                        new_line=new_line,
-                        page_w=page_w,
-                        page_h=page_h,
-                        xsize=xsize,
-                        ysize=ysize,
-                        add_location=add_location,
-                        add_content=add_content,
-                        add_page_index=add_page_index,
-                    )
+                doctags += item.export_to_document_tokens(
+                    doc=self,
+                    new_line=new_line,
+                    xsize=xsize,
+                    ysize=ysize,
+                    add_location=add_location,
+                    add_content=add_content,
+                    add_page_index=add_page_index,
+                )
 
-                elif isinstance(item, Table) and (item_type in main_text_labels):
-
-                    doctags += item.export_to_document_tokens(
-                        new_line=new_line,
-                        page_w=page_w,
-                        page_h=page_h,
-                        xsize=xsize,
-                        ysize=ysize,
-                        add_caption=True,
-                        add_location=add_location,
-                        add_content=add_content,
-                        add_cell_location=add_table_cell_location,
-                        add_cell_label=add_table_cell_label,
-                        add_cell_text=add_table_cell_text,
-                        add_page_index=add_page_index,
-                    )
+            elif isinstance(item, TableItem) and (item_type in labels):
+
+                doctags += item.export_to_document_tokens(
+                    doc=self,
+                    new_line=new_line,
+                    xsize=xsize,
+                    ysize=ysize,
+                    add_caption=True,
+                    add_location=add_location,
+                    add_content=add_content,
+                    add_cell_location=add_table_cell_location,
+                    add_cell_label=add_table_cell_label,
+                    add_cell_text=add_table_cell_text,
+                    add_page_index=add_page_index,
+                )
 
-                elif isinstance(item, Figure) and (item_type in main_text_labels):
-
-                    doctags += item.export_to_document_tokens(
-                        new_line=new_line,
-                        page_w=page_w,
-                        page_h=page_h,
-                        xsize=xsize,
-                        ysize=ysize,
-                        add_caption=True,
-                        add_location=add_location,
-                        add_content=add_content,
-                        add_page_index=add_page_index,
-                    )
+            elif isinstance(item, PictureItem) and (item_type in labels):
+
+                doctags += item.export_to_document_tokens(
+                    doc=self,
+                    new_line=new_line,
+                    xsize=xsize,
+                    ysize=ysize,
+                    add_caption=True,
+                    add_location=add_location,
+                    add_content=add_content,
+                    add_page_index=add_page_index,
+                )
 
         doctags += DocumentToken.END_DOCUMENT.value
 
         return doctags
+
+    def add_page(
+        self, page_no: int, size: Size, image: Optional[ImageRef] = None
+    ) -> PageItem:
+        """add_page.
+
+        :param page_no: int:
+        :param size: Size:
+
+        """
+        pitem = PageItem(page_no=page_no, size=size, image=image)
+
+        self.pages[page_no] = pitem
+        return pitem
+
+    @field_validator("version")
+    @classmethod
+    def check_version_is_compatible(cls, v: str) -> str:
+        """Check if this document version is compatible with current version."""
+        current_match = re.match(VERSION_PATTERN, CURRENT_VERSION)
+        doc_match = re.match(VERSION_PATTERN, v)
+        if (
+            doc_match is None
+            or current_match is None
+            or doc_match["major"] != current_match["major"]
+            or doc_match["minor"] > current_match["minor"]
+        ):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"incompatible version {v} with schema version {CURRENT_VERSION}"
+            )
+        else:
+            return CURRENT_VERSION
+
+    @model_validator(mode="after")  # type: ignore
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_document(cls, d: "DoclingDocument"):
+        """validate_document."""
+        if not d.validate_tree(d.body) or not d.validate_tree(d.furniture):
+            raise ValueError("Document hierachy is inconsistent.")
+
+        return d