Document 1:
<root> <a> test 1 </a> <b> test 2 </a> </root>
Document 2:
<root> <a> test 1 </a> <b> test 2 </a> <c> test 3 </c> </root>
E = {e1, e2}
V = {v1, v2, v3}
w = E → R
D = (V, E, w)
E' = {e1, e2, e3}
V' = {v1, v2, v3, v4}
w' = E' → R'
D' = (V', E', w')
V x V = { (v1, v2), (v1, v3), (v2, v1), (v2, v3), (v3, v1), (v3, v2) }
V' x V' = { (v1, v2), (v1, v3), (v1, v4), (v2, v1), (v2, v3), (v2, v4), (v3, v1), (v3, v2), (v3, v4), ... }
E \setof V x V
E' \setof V' x V'
S = nodeset correspondence
S = {(v, v') \suchthat v \memberof V \and v' \memberof V'}
The maximal correspondence is :
S_1 \propersubset