Scientific Journal Processing System with the Capability of Exporting to a Digital Library using MathML

RŮŽIČKA, Michal and Petr SOJKA. Scientific Journal Processing System with the Capability of Exporting to a Digital Library using MathML. 2011.

Basic information

• Original name: Scientific Journal Processing System with the Capability of Exporting to a Digital Library using MathML
• Name in Czech: Redakční systém odborného časopisu s podporou exportu do digitální knihovny v MathML
• Authors: RŮŽIČKA, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Petr SOJKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 2011.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Software
• Field of Study: 10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: project page
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14330/11:00051925
• Organization unit: Faculty of Informatics
• Keywords (in Czech): redakční systém;digitální knihovny;metadata;MathML;EuDML;DML-CZ
• Keywords in English: journal processing system;digital libraries;metadata;MathML;EuDML;DML-CZ
• Technical parameters: Petr Sojka, FI MU Brno, Botanická 68a, 60200 Brno, CZ, tel. [phone]
• Tags: automated processing, digital mathematical library, DML, DML-CZ, EuDML, LaTeX, math journal production, MathML, metadata, publishing system, single-source publishing, TeX, Tralics
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

A modern digital library has to be able quickly obtain precise data and metadata of newly published issues of journal. Therefore, there is need for a publishing system able to generate these [meta]data. Nowadays, publishers often use some kind of an automated document workflow, frequently based on XML, as XML formats allow users to separate visual representation of data from content. This is important not only for database publishing but also for deriving document [meta]data. However, mathematical journals archived in digital mathematical libraries (DML) have special needs as their articles typically contain a lot of mathematical formulae (usually typesetted by a TeX system). Thus, there is need for an automated comprehensive journal processing system based on the TeX typesetting system that would be able to prepare precise data and metadata for DML as by-product of preparation of a paper edition of a journal issue. This system is based on the TeX typesetting system and dozen of other tools (converters, validators) and automates the preparation of journal issues. It simultaneously generates the meta[data] needed for DML (XML with MathML, PDF). The system is based on the open-source software (TeX, Tralics, GNU utilites). On-line web application for validation and collection of data of all journals runs on the site of DML (e.g. dml.cz). After pilot implementation for Archivum Mathematicum journal published by Masaryk University, it has been generalized and accepted and fine-tuned for almost ten other journals.

Links

• LA09016, research and development project: Name: Účast ČR v European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) (Acronym: ERCIM)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Czech Republic membership in the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics

• 250503, interní kód MU: Name: The European Digital Mathematics Library (Acronym: EuDML)

Investor: European Union