Digital mathematics libraries: The good the bad the ugly

Digital mathematics libraries:
The good, the bad, the ugly
Thierry Bouche
Cellule MathDoc & institut Fourier, Grenoble
MKM2008
7th International Conference on
Mathematical Knowledge Management
Birmingham (UK), 28-30 July 2008
cedramMath literature Math E-literature DML MathDoc NUMDAM CEDRAM DML-F WDML? Math-aware mining? Conclusions
Outline
1 The mathematical literature
2 The electronic mathematical literature
3 The Digital Mathematical Library
4 MathDoc (UMS 5636 CNRS-UJF)
5 NUMDAM : retrodigitisation
6 CEDRAM : electronic edition
7 The pieces of the French DML
8 WDML?
9 Math mining
10 Conclusions
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The mathematical literature
Specificities
Mathematical litterature never becomes obsolete
It’s valid only as a whole, building a wide network of references
It’s useful to other sciences in an asynchronous fashion
It must be carefully archived, indexed and preserved
It must be accessible over the long term
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The mathematical literature
Specificities
Mathematical litterature never becomes obsolete
It’s valid only as a whole, building a wide network of references
It’s useful to other sciences in an asynchronous fashion
It must be carefully archived, indexed and preserved
It must be accessible over the long term
Th. Bouche (Grenoble) Digital Mathematics Libraries. . . MKM 2008, Birmingham, July, 28 2008 3 / 42Math literature Math E-literature DML MathDoc NUMDAM CEDRAM DML-F WDML? Math-aware mining? Conclusions
The mathematical literature
Specificities
Mathematical litterature never becomes obsolete
It’s valid only as a whole, building a wide network of references
It’s useful to other sciences in an asynchronous fashion
It must be carefully archived, indexed and preserved
It must be accessible over the long term
Th. Bouche (Grenoble) Digital Mathematics Libraries. . . MKM 2008, Birmingham, July, 28 2008 3 / 42Math literature Math E-literature DML MathDoc NUMDAM CEDRAM DML-F WDML? Math-aware mining? Conclusions
The mathematical literature
Specificities
Mathematical litterature never becomes obsolete
It’s valid only as a whole, building a wide network of references
It’s useful to other sciences in an asynchronous fashion
It must be carefully archived, indexed and preserved
It must be accessible over the long term
Th. Bouche (Grenoble) Digital Mathematics Libraries. . . MKM 2008, Birmingham, July, 28 2008 3 / 42Math literature Math E-literature DML MathDoc NUMDAM CEDRAM DML-F WDML? Math-aware mining? Conclusions
The mathematical literature
Specificities
Mathematical litterature never becomes obsolete
It’s valid only as a whole, building a wide network of references
It’s useful to other sciences in an asynchronous fashion
It must be carefully archived, indexed and preserved
It must be accessible over the long term
Th. Bouche (Grenoble) Digital Mathematics Libraries. . . MKM 2008, Birmingham, July, 28 2008 3 / 42Math literature Math E-literature DML MathDoc NUMDAM CEDRAM DML-F WDML? Math-aware mining? Conclusions
The mathematical literature
Specificities
Mathematical litterature never becomes obsolete
It’s valid only as a whole, building a wide network of references
It’s useful to other sciences in an asynchronous fashion
It must be carefully archived, indexed and preserved
It must be accessible over the long term
Th. Bouche (Grenoble) Digital Mathematics Libraries. . . MKM 2008, Birmingham, July, 28 2008 3 / 42Math literature Math E-literature DML MathDoc NUMDAM CEDRAM DML-F WDML? Math-aware mining? Conclusions
The mathematical literature
Milestones
1665 Birth of scientific journals (Journal des sçavans, Philosophical
transactions)
1800 About 200 journals where math articles are published
1810 First math-only journal (Annales de mathématiques pures et
appliquées, aka Annales de Gergonne)
1850 About 1000 mathematical research articles published each
year
1950 About 6000 research articles published each
year
Th. Bouche (Grenoble) Digital Mathematics Libraries. . . MKM 2008, Birmingham, July, 28 2008 4 / 42Math literature Math E-literature DML MathDoc NUMDAM CEDRAM DML-F WDML? Math-aware mining? Conclusions
The mathematical literature
Milestones
1665 Birth of scientific journals (Journal des sçavans, Philosophical
transactions)
1800 About 200 journals where math articles are published
1810 First math-only journal (Annales de mathématiques pures et
appliquées, aka Annales de Gergonne)
1850 About 1000 mathematical research articles published each
year
1950 About 6000 research articles published each
year
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