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Implementation Status

Overview

Sidedoc MVP is complete with all core features implemented and tested.

  • Version: 0.1.0
  • Tests: 188 passing
  • Coverage: 84%
  • Completion: MVP complete with hyperlink support

✅ Implemented Features

Core Infrastructure

  • ✅ Project structure and dependencies (Python 3.11+)
  • ✅ Data models (Block, Style, Manifest)
  • ✅ CLI framework with click
  • ✅ Full test suite with pytest

Commands

  • ✅ sidedoc extract - Extract docx to sidedoc archive
  • ✅ sidedoc build - Build docx from sidedoc archive
  • ✅ sidedoc sync - Sync edited markdown back to docx
  • ✅ sidedoc diff - Show changes since last sync
  • ✅ sidedoc unpack - Extract archive contents to directory
  • ✅ sidedoc pack - Create archive from directory
  • ✅ sidedoc validate - Validate archive integrity
  • ✅ sidedoc info - Display archive metadata

Content Extraction

  • ✅ Paragraphs → markdown
  • ✅ Headings (H1-H6) → markdown headers
  • ✅ Inline formatting (bold, italic, underline) → markdown
  • ✅ Bulleted and numbered lists → markdown
  • ✅ Images extracted to assets directory
  • ✅ Hyperlinks → markdown [text](url) syntax
  • ✅ Basic paragraph formatting preserved
  • ✅ Block-level structure maintained
  • ✅ Round-trip testing (extract → build → validate)

Archive Format

  • ✅ ZIP-based .sidedoc container
  • ✅ content.md - Clean markdown content
  • ✅ structure.json - Block mappings
  • ✅ styles.json - Formatting data
  • ✅ manifest.json - Metadata and hashes

Benchmark Suite

  • ✅ Benchmark framework with 4 comparison pipelines
  • ✅ 3 benchmark tasks (summarize, single-edit, multi-turn edit)
  • ✅ Token counting with tiktoken (cl100k_base encoding)
  • ✅ Cost calculation for LLM and Document Intelligence APIs
  • ✅ Fidelity scoring (structural, style, visual)
  • ✅ CLI tools for running benchmarks and generating reports

See Benchmark Suite for usage instructions.

🚧 Post-MVP Roadmap

Next Priority (v0.2.0)

  • ⏳ Table support
  • ⏳ Nested lists (2+ levels)
  • ⏳ Enhanced style preservation

Future Enhancements (v0.3.0+)

  • ⏳ Multi-column layouts
  • ⏳ Headers and footers
  • ⏳ Comments and track changes
  • ⏳ Footnotes and endnotes
  • ⏳ Advanced document features

Test Coverage

188 tests passing with 84% coverage across:
- Extract functionality (docx → sidedoc)
- Build/reconstruct functionality (sidedoc → docx)
- Sync functionality (content changes → docx update)
- Inline formatting (bold, italic, underline)
- List handling (bulleted and numbered)
- Image extraction and embedding
- Archive management (pack/unpack)
- CLI commands (all 8 implemented)
- Round-trip validation workflows

Known Limitations

  1. Tables: Not yet supported
  2. Nested Lists: Only single-level lists supported
  3. Complex Formatting: Multi-column layouts, headers/footers not yet supported
  4. Track Changes: Comments and revision history not preserved

Current Workflow

The MVP supports the full extract → edit → sync → build workflow:

# Extract Word document
sidedoc extract document.docx
# → Creates document.sidedoc

# Unpack to edit
sidedoc unpack document.sidedoc -o work
# → Extracts to work/ directory

# Edit the markdown
vim work/content.md

# Pack changes
sidedoc pack work -o document.sidedoc
# → Updates document.sidedoc

# View changes (optional)
sidedoc diff document.sidedoc
# → Shows what changed since extraction

# Sync content changes
sidedoc sync document.sidedoc
# → Updates internal structure

# Rebuild Word document
sidedoc build document.sidedoc
# → Creates document.docx with formatting preserved

Roadmap

Version 0.2.0 (Next)

  • Table support
  • Nested lists (2+ levels)
  • Enhanced style preservation

Version 0.3.0

  • Headers and footers
  • Footnotes and endnotes
  • Better error handling
  • Performance improvements

Version 1.0.0

  • Full feature parity with spec
  • Production ready
  • Comprehensive documentation
  • PyPI package

Contributing

The project is actively developed and welcoming contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

High-Impact Areas

  • Table support implementation
  • Nested list handling
  • Performance optimization