=ADD=
=reftype=
14
=number=
01-29
=url=
ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/techreports/2001/01-29.ps.gz
=year=
2001
=month=
12
=author=
Athale; Manasi + Athale; Rahul
=title=
Exchange of mathematical information on the web: Present and Future
=abstract=
The advancement in the technology has given us the new and most powerful 
communication medium, Internet. It has opened up many new avenues and also
has posed different problems. These can be categorized into two broad 
categories, namely problems regarding storage and problems regarding 
communication. This can be explained in scientific terms as
computer-supported build-up of mathematical knowledge and
computer-supported retrieval of mathematical knowledge. 

In this paper, we suggest that for storing data, we categorize the users 
according to their needs, or in other words, according to their usual
usage of information. We explain our categorization based on the needs with 
specific examples and why we came up with these categories. To fulfill the
needs of users from different categories, we either have to store the same 
information in many formats with minor changes, or add some extra 
information, using which we can use the same information for different users. 
We give an example to show our approach in this regard.
=howpublished=
The previous version of this paper was presented
in the First International Workshop on Mathematical Knowledge
Management(MKM'2001), held at RISC, Austria in September 2001 and this
version is submitted for the special issue of Annals of
Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
=sponsor=
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=keywords=
mathematics knowledge management, computer supported storage and
retrieval of information