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+import abc
+import os
+
+
+class AbstractParser(abc.ABC):
+    meta_list = set()
+    mimetypes = set()
+
+    def __init__(self, filename: str):
+        self.filename = filename
+        fname, extension = os.path.splitext(filename)
+        self.output_filename = fname + '.cleaned' + extension
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def get_meta(self) -> dict:
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def remove_all(self) -> bool:
+        pass
+
+    def remove_all_lightweight(self) -> bool:
+        """ Remove _SOME_ metadata. """
+        return self.remove_all()