Using copy-detection and text comparison algorithms for cross- referencing multiple editions of literary works A. Zaslavsky, Alejandro Bia, K. Monostori, School of Computer Science & Software Engineering Australia Monash University, Australia, Spain & Miguel de Cervantes DL, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, European Conference on Digital Libraries, Darmstadt, 2001

Overview Copy-detection, plagiarism and comparative literary analysis Text processing in DLs and humanities research Tools and approaches MatchDetectReveal architecture Cervantes's Quijote DL & MDR Conclusion

Introduction Problems Intellectual property Plagiarism Search results Copy-prevention Special hardware Active documents Copy-detection Plagiarism.org SCAM Koala sif

Copy-detection Digital watermarking Codewords Line-shift coding Word-shift coding Feature coding String comparison 30 32

Copy-Detection Architecture Registration Module Comparison Module Parsing Module

MatchDetectReveal(MDR) Internet MDR users MDR customizer 4matching engine 4format converter 4search engine 4visualiser local repository matching rule DB indexes Similarity & overlap rule interpreter IEEE DL ACM DL Local cluster Global resources Base Document Set Generator      

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Conclusion Comparative analysis of editions Cleaning up OCR output Performance Text ordering not necessary Fine granularity of overlap detection

Future Work Similar blocks of text XML output Rules for overlap & similarity Visualisation of results