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This paper describes the design and implementation of mechanisms for light-weight inclusion of formal mathematics in informal mathematical writings, particularly in a Web-based setting. This is conceptually done in three stages: (i) by choosing a suitable representation layer (based on RDF) for encoding the information about available resources of formal mathematics, (ii) by exporting this information from formal libraries, and (iii) by providing syntax and implementation for including formal mathematics in informal writings.
We describe the use case of an author referring to formal text from an informal narrative, and discuss design choices entailed by this use case. Furthermore, we describe an implementation of the use case within the Agora prototype: a Wiki for collaborating on formalized mathematics.
The first and third author were funded by the NWO project “MathWiki”. The second author was supported by DFG Project I1-[OntoSpace] of SFB/TR 8 “Spatial Cognition” and EPSRC grant EP/J007498/1”. The final publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com .
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Tankink, C., Lange, C., Urban, J. (2012). Point-and-Write – Documenting Formal Mathematics by Reference. In: Jeuring, J., et al. Intelligent Computer Mathematics. CICM 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7362. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31374-5_12
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