Generating a document structure using historical versions of a document
US9753905B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 2015 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/194
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating a document structure. The method includes the steps of: aligning various parts in the first version and the second version in at least one pair of historical versions among a plurality of historical versions of a document; dividing the first version and the second version into a plurality of blocks on the basis of a Levenshtein distance between the aligned parts; evaluating a level of the block in the document structure on the basis of text features of the block among the plurality of blocks; and generating the document structure on the basis of a position of the block according to an evaluation result. An apparatus for generating a document structure is also provided. According to the present invention, document structures can be more conveniently and rapidly generated.
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