Versioning XML-based office documents

Authors:
Sebastian Rönnau;Uwe M. Borghoff
Affiliations:
Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg, Germany;Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg, Germany
Venue:
Multimedia Tools and Applications
Year:
2009

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Abstract

The ability to reliably merge independent updates of a document is a crucial prerequisite to efficient collaboration in office work. However, merge support for common office document standards like OpenDocument or OfficeOpenXML is still in its infancy. In this paper, we present a consistent versioning model for XML documents in general including merge support. This is achieved by using context-aware fingerprints that identify edit operations and allow for a conflict detection. We show how to extract tracked changes from office documents and map them on our delta model. Experimental results indicate that our fingerprinting technique is efficient and reliable.