METHOD FOR THE MULTI-STAGE COMPARISON OF TWO TEXT DOCUMENTS

Method for the maintenance of industrial machines, wherein a computer is used to perform a multistage comparison between a maintenance checklist with several entries each with an identification number and a maintenance detail description from the manual of the machine with several hierarchically arranged chapters, comprising the following steps: In each entry in the maintenance checklist as a search parameter, the search parameters being arranged hierarchically - matching the search parameters with the headings of the chapters from the maintenance detail description, wherein the highest hierarchy level of the search parameters of the first chapter level in the maintenance detail description and each next level hierarchy level of the search parameters The sub-capillary is assigned to the next sub-capillary plane in the detailed description of the material - selection of the found sub-chapter from the maintenance description, which corresponds to the lowest hierarchy level of the search parameters and determine