Supported formats
Docling can parse various documents formats into a unified representation (Docling Document), which it can export to different formats too — check out Architecture for more details.
Below you can find a listing of all supported input and output formats.
Supported input formats
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| DOCX, XLSX, PPTX | Default formats in MS Office 2007+, based on Office Open XML |
| Markdown | |
| AsciiDoc | |
| HTML, XHTML | |
| PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP | Image formats |
Schema-specific support:
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| USPTO XML | XML format followed by USPTO patents |
| PMC XML | XML format followed by PubMed Central® articles |
| Docling JSON | JSON-serialized Docling Document |
Supported output formats
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| HTML | Both image embedding and referencing are supported |
| Markdown | |
| JSON | Lossless serialization of Docling Document |
| Text | Plain text, i.e. without Markdown markers |
| Doctags |