atex, XML, the MathJax Project, and the AMS Lens ereade

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1 atex, XML, the MathJax Project, and the AMS Lens ereade Gil Poulin AMS Production Editor Prepared for the 2015 Council of Science Editors Meeting Conquering the Production of Mathematical Content Sunday, May 17, 2015

2 e American Mathematical Society 27-year-old scholarly society and ublisher. ur mission is to further the interests f mathematics scholarship and esearch worldwide.

3 e American Mathematical Society X rules the roost! Our authors and in-house editors primarily in LaTeX. oks: Nearly 97% in some form of TeX urnals: 100% of all journal article submissions are in TeX ut: 18 Journals of varying technical ulty/length/frequency, Book projects, nts, and a number of administrative publications per

4 orkflow Submissions from peer-reviewed/editorial Board-accepted mss/books Formatting, linking, tagging Sculpting Gathering Files to print/web We do most of the work in-house, and we accept most of what authors submit to us.

5 hor Instructions very of clear, streamlined, author-tailored uctions/packages results in highly structured arch articles for print/web. hors, however, are infinitely creative and inventive! do the necessary formatting/tagging/linking to eve desired output/canonical source files.

6 rmalized LaTeX file is our canonical archive format le must be able to: aithfully represent the complex mathematical content f our books and journals; e readily transformed into desired output formats; and epresent appropriate metadata in an easily extractable rm. atex is robust and flexible enough to represent the full range of mathematics that we require.

7 XML-first? Last? Middle? Let s Rephrase the Question uestion of when; more a question of where, how, and why. XML in targeted ways throughout our production process to etadata or share it with other organizations, e.g., CrossRef registration. a math publisher, most of our customers work in LaTeX, so a choice: work in the customers preferred language or to XML. : The math still needs to be reckoned with!

8 XML-first? Last? Middle? Let s Rephrase the Question verting takes us further away from what our authors are g. se it where/when appropriate, always asking ourselves: t are the benefits? We take a pragmatic approach to workflow for the following reasons: We capitalize on our authors knowledge of LaTeX. Mathematicians are (still) print-oriented. PDF is still a key desirable output format for archival version of record.

9 rtable Document Format gh-quality representation of complex mathematical tent, which can be viewed/printed on any relevant puting device. cepted by all major ebook distributors. en with its limitations, it s the closest thing to print: ure, mature technology. th: difficult to render for the web; playing / formatting / line-breaking issues. F s inability to reflow is a problem for small screens.

10 e Project -source Java Script display engine to render scalable ematical expressions on-the-fly across all platforms. 10, AMS, SIAM, and Design Science created the MathJax ortium; along with SIAM, we became a managing er. Publishing Assoc. Executive Director, Robert Harington n the MathJax Steering Committee. Krautzberger (peter.krautzberger@mathjax.org).mathjax.org Demo the Widget!

11 e Project -on-the-web platform supporting major browsers and operating s, including mobile devices works : No plugins or downloads for readers necessary /prints at any resolution (unlike math included as images) ased math discoverable by search engines atible with many screen readers to provide accessibility for users isual impairment or learning disabilities y customizable; multiple input and output options ssed using.js to produce HTML, SVG, or MathML for viewing in rowser

12 thscinet: Before/After Screen Shots

13 : Future Enhancements P. Sloan Foundation grant to investigate semantic enrichment hematics and two applications tly implementing heuristic algorithms that analyze the semantic re of an expression plications for the generated semantic structure: on-the-fly speech-text-generation solution (for accessibility) ovative rendering mode called responsive equations where, instead of e-breaking, sub-expressions will be collapsed (with a UI to explore them) codepen.io/pkra/full/jeodyw

14 e AMS Lens ereader A new online reading experience for research mathematicians. First ereader tailored for reading mathematics research on the web. Let s take the demo!

15 e AMS Lens ereader xtension of elife Lens, developed by ubstance, an Austrian company. ual panels for better reading flow. esponsive design that works on all platforms. proved support for mathematical articles.

16 e AMS Lens ereader Phase II Math panel as pluggable extension Publisher customizations as extension (info panel, branding) Additional bibliographic features (copy/paste/export source formats, etc.) Non-floating (in-context) figures

17 Thank You! tions, please contact me or other AMS Publishing Division Staff: bert M. Harington, Associate Executive Director, Publishing: toria Ancona, Director of Production: vid M. Jones, Production Technical Group: er Krautzberger, MathJax: