1. A method for improved Portable Document Format (“PDF”) document archiving, the method comprising: scanning by use of a processor, a source Portable Document Format (“PDF”) document for a shared resource, the source PDF document comprising a plurality of records, the shared resource comprising a common resource referenced by way of a resource pointer associated with a record of the source PDF document; copying the shared resource to a resource group associated with the source PDF document; short-circuiting a link between content for the shared resource and the resource pointer in each record that points to the shared resource, wherein short-circuiting a link further comprises modifying the resource pointer to point to the copied shared resource in the resource group and wherein short-circuiting a link between the shared resource and the resource pointer further comprises removing content for the shared resource from the source PDF document; and extracting a record from the source PDF document, the extracted record void of the content for the shared resource in response to the short-circuited link.
1. A method for improved Portable Document Format (“PDF”) document archiving, the method comprising: scanning by use of a processor, a source Portable Document Format (“PDF”) document for a shared resource, the source PDF document comprising a plurality of records, the shared resource comprising a common resource referenced by way of a resource pointer associated with a record of the source PDF document; copying the shared resource to a resource group associated with the source PDF document; short-circuiting a link between content for the shared resource and the resource pointer in each record that points to the shared resource, wherein short-circuiting a link further comprises modifying the resource pointer to point to the copied shared resource in the resource group and wherein short-circuiting a link between the shared resource and the resource pointer further comprises removing content for the shared resource from the source PDF document; and extracting a record from the source PDF document, the extracted record void of the content for the shared resource in response to the short-circuited link. 6. The method of claim 1 , wherein scanning a source PDF document for a shared resource further includes directing a PDF API to signal each shared resource of the source PDF document that matches a predetermined criteria.