Patent ID: 6098071
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An inter-document difference extraction method comprising the steps of:inputting a first and a second structured document each including a plurality of elements and internal information thereof;comparing the elements and internal information regarding said elements of said first input structured document and said second input structured document to detect an element and internal information thereof coinciding between both said first input structured document and said second input structured document; andextracting, as a difference between said first and second input structured documents, a non-coinciding element and internal information thereof determined by said comparing step;wherein said comparing step, when any of the elements to be compared between said first and second input structured documents is defined as a compare-exceptional (non-comparative objective) element, determines that the corresponding internal information of the elements do not coincide even if the elements corresponding thereto are identical.