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        !            15: \title{Bringing mathematical and physical manuscripts to the net}
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        !            17: \author{Dirk Wintergrün}
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        !            19: \date{version 0.1 of \today}
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        !            23: \begin{document}
        !            24: \maketitle
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        !            26: \begin{abstract}
        !            27: Proposal for a joint task force/project of the Dibner
        !            28: Institute and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
        !            29: \end{abstract}
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        !            31: \tableofcontents
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        !            33: \section{Starting point}
        !            34: \label{sec:starting-point}
        !            35: 
        !            36: Both institutes aim to bring a.s.a.p. mathematical papers into the
        !            37: net, i.e. Albert Einstein's Zurich Notebook by the MPIWG and
        !            38: Manuscripts of Newton and contemporaries by the Dibner
        !            39: Institute. Furthermore these projects shall be realized without
        !            40: substantial external funding. Therefore a strategy for using already
        !            41: existing technology has to be found which also includes an optimal
        !            42: devision of labor. 
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        !            44: The problem of presenting images and (pure) text is to great extent
        !            45: solved. But an open question is how to adequately represent formulae.
        !            46: \section{Overall goal}
        !            47: \label{sec:goals}
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        !            49: The overall goal of the project/task force to develop a.s.a p. an environment
        !            50: for presenting mathematical and physical manuscripts in the net. In
        !            51: particular a solution for the representation of formulae in the
        !            52: historic context should be found. The developments shall base on
        !            53: existing technologies already developed at the participating
        !            54: institutes and otherwise available open source technologies. 
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        !            56: \section{Goals}
        !            57: In detail in a first step (pragmatic) answers to the following
        !            58: questions should be found:
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        !            60: \begin{itemize}
        !            61: \item Which technologies exists for presenting formulae in the net?
        !            62: \item Which standards for encoding formulae as XML exists and can they
        !            63:       be used for representing formulae in historic papers in the net?
        !            64: \item Which extensions of existing standards have to be made to
        !            65:       represent the semantic meaning of formulae in historical documents?
        !            66: \end{itemize}
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        !            68: The answers should be oriented on the need to find a solutions which
        !            69: can on the one hand be realized very soon with existing standards and
        !            70: which are on the other hand open enough for further developments and specifications.
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        !            72: A second step shall be the implementation of a first prototype.
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        !            74: \section{First concrete steps}
        !            75: A (real) workshop should be held with a limited number of participants
        !            76: (up to 10) dedicated to the above mentioned questions bringing to together: 
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        !            78: 
        !            79: \begin{itemize}
        !            80: \item experts on the manuscripts (George Smith, Jürgen Renn)
        !            81: \item experts on representing (modern) mathematical papers (Living
        !            82:       Review staff?)
        !            83: \item experts on computer algebra (Mupad,  Maple or Mathematica staff,
        !            84:       Bruno Buchberger? (risc))
        !            85: \item experts for representing texts (Malcolm Hyman/ Mark Schiefsky (Harvard)).
        !            86: \end{itemize}
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        !            88: At the end of the workshop a (pragmatic) working grammar for encoding
        !            89: formulae should be defined and a list of requirements for the needed
        !            90: developments should be made.
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        !            92: \section{Division of labor}
        !            93: \label{sec:division-labor}
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        !            95: The MPIWG will further develop their existing presentation techniques
        !            96: and text tools and
        !            97: bring this in the cooperation and cooperate in the new developments.
        !            98: 
        !            99: The Dibner Institute will focus on the evaluation of representing the
        !           100: mathematical parts of the papers. For the first step one
        !           101: (engaged) student with background on history of science and IT may be sufficient.
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        !           103: \end{document}