9. The computer implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising: creating an association between nodes that are associated with documents found to near-duplicate to each other.
9. The computer implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising: creating an association between nodes that are associated with documents found to near-duplicate to each other. 10. The computer implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising: enabling a user to define a degree of similarity between documents for documents to be considered near-duplicating.