When preparing to publish a document to SmartPlant Foundation, it is beneficial to review the changes that have occurred since the previously published version of the document. The comparison results highlight the changes to which downstream disciplines may be required respond. In addition, this comparison can be used to verify that all required changes for this revision of the document have been made. Since the comparison is performed against the live data in the authoring application, the comparison is made prior to releasing the information to others and affords an opportunity to check prior to committing with a publish operation.