Format-Independent Change Detection and Propagation in Support of Mobile Computing.
Michael S. M. Lanham, Ajay Kang, Joachim Hammer, Sumi Helal, Joseph C. Wilson · 2002
We present a new approach to change detection and propagation in order to update copies of documents, which are stored on various devices. Our approach, called Format-Independent Change Detection and Propagation (FCDP), is capable of computing the changes that have been made to a document on one device and applying the net effect to an unedited copy, which uses a different format and representation. For example, this allows users of mobile devices to modify documents, which have been generated by more powerful applications on different platforms, and to have the modifications reflected in the originating documents. Our algorithm