MathML Workshop: Putting Mathematical Notation on the Web
Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, Friday 25 June 1999.
Details and a booking form are online at:
http://www.ctieng.qmw.ac.uk/cti-eng/mathml.html
* Workshop Overview *
The underlying theme of the workshop will be: "Putting Mathematical
Notation on the Web".
This workshop is intended for scientists who have a desire to publish
mathematical documents on the Web. Many scientists experience a certain
amount of frustration in using the Web's underlying language, HTML, because
HTML does not do a very good job of supporting mathematical notation.
MathML is a Markup Language that is intended to facilitate the use of
mathematical content on the Web. Ultimately, it will be possible for
browsers to natively render mathematical expressions, however, for the
immediate future, several vendors offer programs which can render MathML in
place in a browser.
This workshop aims to raise awareness of MathML and will highlight a
selection of the user-friendly applications currently available, that
generate and render MathML.
* Presentation profiles *
1. Introduction to MathML.
Roy Pike, King's College, London
An overview of the Origins and Goals of MathML and the Role of MathML on
the Web with a brief look at the elements of MathML.
2. Introduction and hands-on practical session on OpenMath.
Stephen Buswell, Stilo
OpenMath is a general representation language for communicating
mathematical objects between application programs.
3. Introduction and hands-on practical session on EzMath.
James Currall, University of Glasgow
EzMath provides an easy to learn notation for embedding mathematical
expressions in Web pages. The notation is inspired by how expressions are
spoken aloud.
4. Introduction and hands-on practical session on IBM techexplorer.
Francis Wright, QMW, London
IBM techexplorer displays documents containing scientific and mathematical
expressions that are coded with a subset of the popular TeX and LaTeX
markup languages.
5. A discussion on the future of the web, centred around, but not stricly
confined to, the issues surrounding representation of mathematical and
statistical notation.
Please note that this workshop is not appropriate for those who have no
experience of the web and does not attempt to address the subject of MathML
authoring directly.
* Who should attend? *
Academics who are interested in the potential for managing their teaching
by taking advantage of the WWW to support a mathematical focus.
* Registration *
Online registration is available at
http://www.ctieng.qmw.ac.uk/CTIEng.html. Confirmation of your booking and
joining instructions will be sent following receipt of a booking form.
Early booking is advised as places are limited.
* Cost *
Staff from HE Institutions: £45
Non-HE: £95
(includes refreshments, lunch and all accompanying documentation.)
* Further information *
Sian Hawthorne, tel: 0171 975 5528; fax: 0181 981 0259 email:
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Sian Hawthorne Tel: 0171 975 5528
Manager, CTI Engineering Fax: 0181 981 0259
Department of Electronic Engineering Email: [log in to unmask]
Queen Mary & Westfield College WWW: http://www.ctieng.qmw.ac.uk/
University of London CTIEng.html
London E1 4 NS
CTI Engineering is one of 24 subject based Centres funded by the Higher
Education funding bodies of the UK, working to support and encourage the
use of learning technologies in Higher Education.
Womens-studies homepage: http://www.ctieng.qmw.ac.uk.cti-eng/ws/ws.html
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