Document Provenance Scoring Based On Changes Between Document Versions

A system for indicating a degree of changes within a document comprising:

• a computer system including at least one processor configured to:
• partition the document into a plurality of sections and assign each section a corresponding weight value;
• determine a quantity of changes within each section and apply the corresponding weight values to the quantity of changes to produce a section value for each section;
• and
• determine a change value for the document indicating the degree of changes based on the section values.

A computer program product for indicating a degree of changes within a document comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising computer readable program code configured to:
• partition the document into a plurality of sections and assign each section a corresponding weight value;
• determine a quantity of changes within each section and apply the corresponding weight values to the quantity of changes to produce a section value for each section;
• and
• determine a change value for the document indicating the degree of changes based on the section values.