The John von Neumann Digital
Library and Multimedia Centre has always played a leading role in the
digitisation of the Hungarian cultural heritage. The library has been using the
SGML based text-processing technology since the beginning.
Many organisations are
responsible for the development of the World Wide Web. We are following the
recommendations of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Our recent digitisation
projects overstep our regular text processing methods. We are dealing with
texts containing mathematical equations as well as graphics.
In these special cases we
are using the latest W3C recommendations: MathML (Mathematical Markup Language)
for math symbols and the XML-based SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) for scalable
graphics.
In the near future we are
also planning to reorganise our whole SGML-based digital text-processing
methods and introduce a new XML-based technology.
In this lecture I would like
to demonstrate our latest R+D works and results.
Outline:
1. SGML-based
text-processing at the John von Neumann Digital Library
2. New demands and
opportunities: the recommendation of the W3C
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The old method: mathematical symbols and equations as
images (GIF, JPG)
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The new method: using the MathML language
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Alternative solutions: mathematical symbols and
equations as scalable vector images (SVG)
3. R+D experiences, the new
directions of development
Budapest, 6th Januray, 2003.
Neumann János Digitális
Könyvtár és Multimédia Központ Kht.