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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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! 23: \begin{document}
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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.
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! 31: \tableofcontents
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! 33: \section{Starting point}
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! 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}
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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! 65: represent the semantic meaning of formulae in historical documents?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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! 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}
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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.
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! 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}
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