emf/compare/project-info/overview.html

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	<a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/EMF_Compare">EMF Compare</a> brings model comparison to the EMF framework, this tool provides generic support for any kind of metamodel in order to compare and merge models.
The objectives of this component are to provide a stable and efficient generic implementation of model comparison and to provide an extensible framework for specific needs.
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	EMF Compare provides :
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	<li><b>A Standalone Core</b> allowing you to compare any kind of EMF model using EMF Compare as a Java Jar, not even needing an Eclipse runtime.</li>
	<li><b>Team providers integration</b> within Eclipse : support for SVN, CVS and GIT.</li>
	<li><b>An Extensible Framework</b> allowing you to plugin any matching or diff behavior specialized for your own model.</li>	
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	The comparison process is divided in 2 phases: <em>matching</em> and <em>differencing</em>. 
	The <em>matching</em> phase browses the model version figuring out which element comes from which other one, then 
	the <em>differencing</em> process browses the matching result and create the corresponding delta. This delta may itself be serialized as a model.
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	  	<img src="/modeling/emf/compare/images/global.png"/>
		<p align="center"><em>Global architecture</em></p>
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	EMF Compare has been released in 1.0 version and is now part of EMF. Next release is planned for June 2010.
	You may stay tuned to what's going by watching <a href="http://cedric.brun.free.fr/wordpress/">this blog</a>'s <a href="http://model-driven-blogging.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss">RSS feed</a>.
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<a href="/modeling/emf/compare/images/screenshot.png"><img border="0" src="/modeling/emf/compare/images/mini-screenshot.png"/></a><br/>
<em>Comparing UML models</em> - <a href="images/screenshot.png">Zoom</a></p>
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<li style="border-style: none;"><h2>Documentation</h2>
 <ul> 
    <li><em>11/2008</em> EclipseCon 2009<a href="http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/sessions?id=461"></a>Team Work with Models : Compare and Merge with EMF Compare in Galileo  </li>
    <li><em>11/2008</em> Eclipse Summit Europe 2008 : Team Work with Models </li>
    <li><em>03/2008</em> EclipseCon 2008 <a href="http://www.eclipsecon.org/2008/sub/attachments/Comparing_and_Merging_Models_with_Eclipse__an_Update_on_EMF_Compare.pdf">EMF Compare - A quick glance</a> </li>   
    <li><em>11/2007</em> Eclipse Summit Europe  2007 <a href="http://cedric.brun.free.fr/EMFCompare_OneYearLater.pdf">EMF Compare - One Year Later</a> </li>
    <li><em>03/2007</em> EclipseCon 2007 <a href="http://www.eclipsecon.org/2007/index.php?page=sub/&id=3593">model comparison panel</a> 
    	- Slides: <a href="/modeling/emft/compare/doc/eclipsecon2007/cedric.pdf">C&eacute;dric Brun</a>, <a href="/modeling/emft/compare/doc/eclipsecon2007/antoine.pdf">Antoine Toulm&eacute;</a></li>
    <li><em>10/2006</em> <a href="/modeling/emft/compare/doc/EMFCompare-description.pdf">Initial Project Description </a></li>
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 More information is available on the <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/EMF_Compare">wiki page for EMF compare</a>.
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 <h2>Contributors</h2>
	<p> This component comes from a common contribution of <a href="http://wwww.obeo.fr">Obeo</a> and <a href="http://www.intalio.com">Intalio</a>. The commiters are:
		<a href="mailto:cedric.brun@obeo.fr">C&eacute;dric Brun (lead)</a>,
		<a href="mailto:laurent.goubet@obeo.fr">Laurent Goubet</a>,
		<a href="mailto:moritz.eysholdt@itemis.de.">Moritz Eysholdt</a>,  
		<a href="mailto:jonathan.musset@obeo.fr">Jonathan Musset</a>, 
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