Communicating mathematics in the digital era [(CMDE2006), which took place at the University of Aveiro in Portugal, Agust 15-18, 2006

The digital era has dramatically changed the ways that researchers search, produce, publish, and disseminate their scientific work. These processes are still rapidly evolving due to improvements in information science, new achievements in computer science technologies, and initiatives such as DML and open access journals, digitization projects, scientific reference catalogs, and digital repositories. These changes have prompted many mathematicians to play an active part in the developments of the digital era, and have led mathematicians to promote and discuss new ideas with colleagues from other fields, such as technology developers and publishers. This book is a collection of contributions by key leaders in the field, offering the paradigms and mechanisms for producing, searching, and exploiting scientific and technical scholarship in mathematics in the digital era. Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 1. Electronic Publishing and Digital Libraries......Page 14 Disseminating and Preserving Mathematical Knowledge......Page 16 The Digital Downside......Page 36 Implementing Electronic Access for an Independent Journal......Page 44 Toward a Digital Mathematics Library?......Page 60 The DML-CZ Project: Objectives and First Steps......Page 88 The DML-E Digitization Project and Related Topics......Page 100 Digital Libraries and the Rebirth of Printed Journals......Page 110 A Digital Library Framework for the University of Aveiro......Page 124 2. Technology Enhancements for Disseminating Mathematics......Page 139 Coast-to-Coast (C2C) Seminar: Background, History, and Practice......Page 140 Digitally Enhanced Documents......Page 154 Speech and Tactile Assistive Technologies......Page 170 On the Conversion between Content MathML and OpenMath......Page 182 XML-Based Format for Geometry......Page 196 From Parametrized Graphics to Interactive Illustrations......Page 212 3. Educational and Cultural Frameworks......Page 226 Reaching Mathematical Audiences across All Levels......Page 228 Toward Autonomous Learners of Mathematics......Page 238 The IntBook Concept as an Adaptive Web Environment......Page 252 An Educational Environment Based on Ontology......Page 268 Art and Mathematics......Page 278 A. List of C2C Past Talks......Page 292 B. Guidelines for Managing a Distributed Seminar......Page 294 C. Curriculum Guideline and Mathtext Example......Page 308 Bibliography......Page 312 List of URLs......Page 326 Contributors......Page 332 "This book is a collection of thought-provoking essays and reports on a number of such projects discussing the paradigms and offering mechanisms for producing, searching, and exploiting scientific and technical scholarship in mathematics in the digital era."--Jacket A collection of contributions that offer the paradigms and mechanisms for producing, searching, and exploiting scientific and technical scholarship in mathematics in the digital era.