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--- userguide:contextcomparisons [2011/02/01 14:57]
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+++ userguide:contextcomparisons [2011/02/01 15:00]
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 ===== Compare several contexts to their union =====
-Main steps realized in algorithm:
+Main steps realized in the comparison process:
   - Retrieve selected contexts to compare
-  - Know if they are all the children of an existing parent context. If not, create a virtual union parent context (see details in following section) that group selected contexts and run peptide/protein grouping
+  - Know if they are all the children of an existing parent context. If not, create a virtual union parent context (see details in following section) that groups selected contexts and run peptide/protein grouping
   - Compare selected contexts to their union (virtual or existing parent)
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 There are 2 situations, either the parent union already exists or the parent union needs to be created. In the image below:
-  * the union parent must be created in **case 1**: it is called //**virtual**// as it is only created in-memory for the process
+  * A *virtual* union parent context must be created in **case 1** (the virtual context has no persistence in MSI database, it is only created in-memory for the process)
-  * the union parent already exists in **case 2**
+  * The union parent context already exists in **case 2**
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