“…First, a historical solution: CONCUR [7], then adhoc solutions as proposed by the TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) consortium [4], next models not compatible with the XML language ( [8], [15], [13], [16]), finally those compatible with XML ( [14], [10], [3], [12], [1]). Each solution is analysed according to six dimensions: expressiveness of the model determines if there is an explicitly defined model and if it responds to the problem of static representation of multistructured documents ; genericity of the model determines, when a model exists, if we can modify it in order to manage problems outside of the initial scope of multi-structured documents representation ; quality of the implementation measures the care taken to develop an effective implementationa ; compatibility with XML tools determines if it is possible to integrate the solution with the numerous existing XML tools used to manage XML documents (especially typing tools such as XML Schemas, ...) ; query mechanisms for multistructured documents ; change management in data or structures, analyses if the model is robust to change.…”