Abstract: Differencing and merging tree-structured documents, such as extensible Markup Language (XML) documents, is disclosed. A differencing-and-merging system for tree-structured documents of one embodiment of the invention includes a difference processing unit and a merging processing unit. The differencing processing unit performs a difference operation on at least two tree-structured documents, in accordance with difference configuration information regarding the documents. The merging processing unit performs a merging operation on the tree-structured documents from correspondence information generated by the difference processing unit, based on the difference operation configuration information regarding the documents. The correspondence information indicates differences among nodes of the documents.

Abstract: A software development apparatus for developing application software based on an object model that requires security in a web service application is provided. The software development apparatus includes a display unit that displays, in a class diagram of the application software, security annotation for adding security requirements for a service, input means for inputting the security annotation, transforming means for transforming the class diagram into a configuration model based on a markup language, and configuration-file creating means for creating a configuration file based on a markup language by serializing the configuration model based on a markup language. The security annotation includes the security requirements and a token class of a security token that is a certificate for declaring identity of a client to a server.

Abstract: Differencing and merging tree-structured documents, such as extensible Markup Language (XML) documents, is disclosed. A differencing-and-merging system for tree-structured documents of one embodiment of the invention includes a difference processing unit and a merging processing unit. The differencing processing unit performs a difference operation on at least two tree-structured documents, in accordance with difference configuration information regarding the documents. The merging processing unit performs a merging operation on the tree-structured documents from correspondence information generated by the difference processing unit, based on the difference operation configuration information regarding the documents. The correspondence information indicates differences among nodes of the documents.

Abstract: The input operation recognizing section 13 recognizes an input operation to execute re-search in the operating section 4. The facility search control section 10 makes the facility search section 9 execute re-search. The re-search by the facility search section 9 is carried out by searching, from facilities belonging to the same group as that of those detected in the previous search, facilities other than those detected in the previous search. With the present invention, when the re-search as described above is to be performed, user's operation for specifying a facility is not required, which improves the convenience in facility search.

Abstract: The address searching system includes a first database, a second database, a first searching device, a second searching device, a processing device and a displaying device. During an address searching, the processing device scores a point to each of the plurality of name data retrieved from the first database by the first searching device, on the basis of the coordinate data corresponding to the retrieved name data and the road map data retrieved from the second database by the second searching device, in order to indicate quantitatively by a predetermined standard a road existence condition within a geographical section or at a representing spot thereof existing in a search area, and the displaying device displays the plurality of name data each indicating a name of the geographical section or a name of the representing spot existing within the search area in an order from the highest score.

Abstract: The input operation recognizing section 13 recognizes an input operation to execute re-search in the operating section 4. The facility search control section 10 makes the facility search section 9 execute re-search. The re-search by the facility search section 9 is carried out by searching, from facilities belonging to the same group as that of those detected in the previous search, facilities other than those detected in the previous search. With the present invention, when the re-search as described above is to be performed, user's operation for specifying a facility is not required, which improves the convenience in facility search.

Abstract: A plasma generating apparatus capable of improving the uniformity of a plasma processing and coping with a larger diameter of a substrate is obtained. Microwaves are distributed and emitted from a waveguide through the branching portions of a T branch to four rod antennas. The microwaves are introduced through four dielectric tubes into a vacuum vessel. In the vacuum vessel, a multi-cusp magnetic field and an electron cyclotron resonance region are caused by permanent magnets located around the vessel and, by an interaction between a vibrational electric field of the microwaves and a magnetic field, highly uniform plasma is generated in a region where a substrate or the like is subjected to a plasma processing.

Abstract: There is provided a plasma generating apparatus comprising: a waveguide for guiding a microwave; a vacuum vessel connected to the waveguide, having a means for supplying a gas for discharging electrons and a means for evacuating; and a dielectric member in a tube-like shape or a rod-like shape which is inserted in the vacuum vessel, wherein the dielectric member is provided with a means for emitting the microwave, whereby it is possible to apply the electric power of microwave effectively to plasma of high density exceeding so-called cut-off density and to homogenize the distribution of plasma in the vacuum vessel.

Abstract: A karaoke reproducing apparatus is equipped a measure for easily checking whether a music piece selected by the user has correctly been accepted or not. The apparatus has a memory in which music title name information of each of the music pieces recorded on a recording medium has previously been stored. When one of the plurality of music pieces is selected by an operation, the music title name information of the selected music piece is soon displayed by characters. The apparatus also has memory means in which music piece classification information of each of the music pieces recorded on the recording medium has previously been stored. An item content selection command to designate the contents of at least one of a plurality of different items included in the music piece classification information is generated in accordance with an operation.

Abstract: A karaoke reproducing apparatus is equipped a measure for easily checking whether a music piece selected by the user has correctly been accepted or not. The apparatus has a memory in which music title name information of each of the music pieces recorded on a recording medium has previously been stored. When one of the plurality of music pieces is selected by an operation, the music title name information of the selected music piece is soon displayed by characters. The apparatus also has memory means in which music piece classification information of each of the music pieces recorded on the recording medium has previously been stored. An item content selection command to designate the contents of at least one of a plurality of different items included in the music piece classification information is generated in accordance with an operation.

Abstract: The high-purity, opaque quartz glass containing 3.times.10.sup.6 -9.times.10.sup.6 of closed cells having an average size of 20-40 .mu.m per 1 cm.sup.3, a ratio of closed cells having sizes of 100 .mu.m or more to the whole of cells being 1% or less, thereby showing 5% or less of linear transmittance for near infrared rays (.lambda.=900 nm) at a thickness of 1 mm is produced by compacting amorphous silica powder having an average particle size of 0.5-10 .mu.m, in which each of impurities selected from Li, Na, K, Fe, Ti and Al is 1 ppm or less, if any, and sintering the resultant green body at 1730.degree.-1850.degree. C.

Abstract: A method of recording compressed and coded data is designed to improve the speed and ease of random accessing, and to reduce the buffer capacity and facilitate control and editing in the reproducing system. The method comprises the steps of compressing and coding video signals for every predetermined number of frames with the amount of codes per predetermined number of frames being constant; storing the predetermined number of frames of compressed and coded video signals into at least one video packet; storing the video packet in a pack having a time slot corresponding to the predetermined number of frames (preferably at the end of the pack); and recording the video signals on the recording medium in a pack stream containing such packs, with the relation between the size of the pack and the size of the logical block of the recording medium being set to 1:n (n: an integer) and the relation between the size of the pack and the size of the physical block of the recording medium being set to 2:m (m: an integer).

Abstract: A synchronizing system with a simple structure accomplishes synchronous reproduction without complicating a control circuit for synchronizing video and audio signals with each other. The number of unit audio data blocks to be put in one pack is set in such a way that the difference between the presentation start times for the stream of video data and the stream of audio data in one pack in a predetermined pack period becomes a predetermined value, and the pack carries positional information of the pack in the predetermined pack period to the pack.

Abstract: A karaoke reproducing apparatus for recording singing sound together with karaoke play sound, has a facility of printing information on the recorded musical program. The karaoke reproducing apparatus has a memory which contains previously stored recorded music information including at least the title, songwriter's name, and composer's name for each of musical programs recorded on the recording medium. In response to a recording start command, the recorded music information corresponding to a musical program selected by an operation is read from the memory, and output to a printer. Since recorded music information can be printed on a printed member such as a label and preserved as a record when singing sound is recorded together with karaoke play sound, the label, if adhered to a recording medium on which the sound is recorded, allows the user to readily know the recorded contents afterward.

Abstract: A karaoke reproducing apparatus which allows a user to specify one vocal part or both vocal parts of two parts when one piece of music selected from a plurality of pieces of music by the user is a multi-audio type, reproduces only instrumental accompaniment (karaoke) when both parts are specified, and reproduces the vocal sounds of an unspecified one of the two parts together with the instrumental accompaniment when only one part is specified.

Abstract: An ion source includes a partial flow generator for generating particle flow including atoms or molecules, a laser beam generator for generating a laser beam with one or a plurality of wavelengths which irradiates the whole or one part of the atoms or molecules in the particle flow near an exhaust nozzle of the particle flow generator, a pair of electrodes for applyinig an electric field over one part or the whole of the particle flow in the downstream region of the region irradiated with the laser beam, and a power supply for applying a voltage to generate the electric field between the electrodes to the electrodes.

Abstract: A dry etching apparatus includes a discharge room in which a gas plasma is created by a discharge, an ejection nozzle for ejecting the plasma gas, a first vacuum room into which the plasma gas is introduced through the ejecting nozzle by supersonic expansion of the plasma gas, and a second vacuum room including a skimmer for extracting a supersonic molecular flow, the supersonic molecular flow of the plasma gas taken into the second vacuum room being blown against the material to be etched.

Abstract: The ion current generator is employed for thin film formation, ion implantation, etching, sputtering or the like. A vaporizer supplies material atoms to a predetermined region, and then, the material atoms are excited to a Rydberg state by lasers supplied from laser oscillators. The material atoms thus excited are ionized by an electric field applied from electric field application means, to be lead to a predetermined direction. Accordingly, an ion current can be generated at a high efficiency and low cost.

Abstract: Direct relay equipment includes a first antenna, a second antenna, an up direction circuit connected from the first antenna via a first circulator to the second antenna via a second circulator, and a down direction circuit connected from the second antenna via the second circulator to the first antenna via the first circulator. In the up direction circuit and the down direction circuit, the received signal having a frequency f.sub.1 from the first (or second) antenna is amplified by a microwave amplifier, the output of the microwave amplifier is converted to a signal having a frequency f.sub.2 (sending frequency), the signal having the frequency f.sub.2 is amplified by the same amplifier, and the amplified signal having a frequency f.sub.2 is sent from the second (or first) antenna.

Abstract: An ion beam generator having an ion generating section for generating ions where the material to be ionized is introduced and a light source for introducing a light into the ion generating sections. This light has a wavelength such that it excites the material to be ionized to the intermediate state from the ground state of the material by a resonance excitation. The specific material to be taken out as an ion beam is selectively ionized through the intermediate state.