Bringing Math to LOD: A Semantic Publishing Platform Prototype for Scientific Collections in Mathematics

Abstract

We present our work on developing a software platform for mining mathematical scholarly papers to obtain a Linked Data representation. Currently, the Linking Open Data (LOD) cloud lacks up-to-date and detailed information on professional level mathematics. To our mind, the main reason for that is the absence of appropriate tools that could analyze the underlying semantics in mathematical papers and effectively build their consolidated representation. We have developed a holistic approach to analysis of mathematical documents, including ontology based extraction, conversion of the article body as well as its metadata into RDF, integration with some existing LOD data sets, and semantic search. We argue that the platform may be helpful for enriching user experience on modern online scientific collections.

OntoMath Digital Ecosystem: Ontologies, Mathematical Knowledge Analytics and Management

“…As was mentioned above, the semantic publishing platform which constitutes the core of the OntoMath ecosystem makes an LOD representation for a given sample of mathematical articles in L A T E X [63], [64]. Its main features are:…”

“…OntoMath Formula Search Engine is a semantic search service that uses a semantic representation of math document built on the base of Semantic Publishing Platform [64], [71]. OntoMath Formula Search Engine implements new search on names of variables using OntoMath ontology.…”

OntoMath PRO Ontology: A Linked Data Hub for Mathematics

“…In our previous work [22], we have developed a semantic publishing platform for scientific collections in mathematics that analyzes the underlying semantics in mathematical scholarly papers and effectively builds their consolidated ontologybased representation.…”

“…OntoM ath P RO was first briefly presented as a part of our previous work [22]. Since then, we have elaborated the ontology structure, improved interlinking with external resources and developed new applications to support the utility of the ontology in various use cases.…”