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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. 
   43: 
   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. 
   55: 
   56: \section{Goals}
   57: In detail in a first step (pragmatic) answers to the following
   58: questions should be found:
   59: 
   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: 
   77: 
   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}
   87: 
   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.
   91: 
   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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  104: 
  105: \section{Timescale}
  106: \label{sec:timescale}
  107: Very preliminary timescale:
  108: \begin{itemize}
  109: \item First report on existing tools and standards in November
  110: \item The Workshop should be held at least in January. 
  111: \item Specification of the (preliminary) XML-Format shoud be finished in February
  112: \item An alpha version - if necessary with a brute force solution concerning the formulae (MATHML-Presentation Mark Up + GIF Images for the browsers which do not understand MATHML) - finished in April (maybe quicker).
  113: \end{itemize}
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  116: \end{document}