Digital Publishing System Research Articles

Semantic Annotation of Mathematical Formulas in PDF-Documents

This article provides an overview of existing solutions for semantic analysis of mathematical documents, and also presents a method for automatic semantic analysis of documents in PDF format. This method searches for local variables in the text of the article, extracts their definitions and connects concepts with formulas. The advantage of the method over the existing ones is independence from the markup of the original PDF document, which expands the scope of the method. We provide estimates of recall, precision and F-measure for algorithms for finding variables and linking local variables with formulas. The resulting semantic markup of the document will be used to create a collection of documents suitable for the semantic formula search service, which is part of the set of services of the Lobachevskii-DML digital publishing system.

Scientific and Publishing Services on the Lobachevskii-DML Platform

The article provides an overview of existing digital publishing systems, existing ways to expand the functionality of such systems, and also proposes a project for a set of services to expand the functionality of the Open Journal Systems publishing system on the platform of the Lobachevskii-DML digital mathematical library. The proposed set of services includes services aimed at the authors of articles and intended for the editorial staff of the journal. The existing developments in individual parts of the project are described, and the main ideas for the development of all services are proposed.

Mammalogy Notes ahora se publica con el Open Journal System (OJS)

En nuestro cumpleaños número cinco, y con el interés de que Mammalogy Notes se mantenga a la vanguardia de los sistemas de publicación digitales, hemos dado los pasos para adoptar la versión 3 del sistema editorial del Open Journal System (OJS).

Transformations and Mutations of the Chinese Language Publishing Field in the Digital Age

In the traditional publishing arena, the publishing fields around the world all operate according to a fixed value chain system, which has been in operation ever since the existence of the publishing industry over 500 years. Now the publishing industry is going through a transition period toward digitization, which has overwhelmed not only the entire system but the entire publishing field. In this digital age, publishing houses in the West have carried on with their conventional model of value chains and have established a comprehensive digital publishing system. But in Chinesespeaking regions, due to factors such as market traits, consumer reading habits, publishing policies and consumption habits which are vastly different from those in the West, the Western system of digital publishing is not applicable. This study analyzes the Chinese language publishing field by interviewing Cross- Straits publishing experts. The aim is to examine the differences between the publishing structure of Chinese-speaking regions (specifically mainland China and Taiwan), the typical publishing field in the West, and the traditional paper-based publishing field which has existed for hundreds of years. The result shows that Taiwan follows the Western e-publishing model. However, because of the differences in market size and reading habits, the e-publishing model is not applicable in Taiwan. China, on the other hand, has developed its own system called “Internet Literature” in accordance with readers’ reading preferences and habits. Moreover, this model uses the intellectual property to extend the value of publications by transforming literature texts into other forms of cultural production. This publishing business model is carried out by big Internet companies such as Tencent, Baidu, rather than by publishers. These mutations of Internet literature content have really challenged the Chinese state-regulated publishing system, and have become the foundations of a successful business model. This development in China has challenged the conventional definition of publishing, as literature has been a symbol of highbrow civilization whereas Internet Literature is more a symbol of uncultured entertainment.

電子出版システムを活用した『大学図書館研究』電子ジャーナル化の試行について

『大学図書館研究』編集委員会は，学術雑誌をオンラインで管理・出版するためのオープンソリューションである日本語版Open Journal Systemsをクラウド上に展開し，実際に電子ジャーナルを刊行する試行を行った。本試行を通して，クラウドコンピューティング環境でOpen Journal Systemsを使った日本語雑誌の編集作業と電子ジャーナル化が可能であることを確認した他，継続的に利用をする上での課題も明らかになった。

A Scheme of the Cross-Media Digital Publishing System Based on XML

In order to reduce work complexity and increase the effectiveness of communication, the traditional patch-like cross-media publication way has being changed drastically. Although many foreign countries, America and German etc, have reconstituted the process for cross-media digital publication, this research is in early days in China. There are few cross-media digital publication systems in the home market. This paper proposed one kind of cross-media digital publication process and the system framework (see Fig. 1), furthermore elaborated each function module (see Fig. 2) of the cross-media digital publication system based on the XML, induced the scheme’s innovation places in the end, that are structure innovation, function innovation and idea innovation.

Remote News Delivery Down Under

Newspapers represent 'communities talking to themselves'.1 We report on the resuscitation in October 2003 of a long-dead nineteenth and twentieth century community newspaper in the drought-stricken rural outback of Queensland, Australia, using simple digital publishing systems with reporting and production staff based near the Great Barrier Reef, on the coast more than 735 kilometres away to the north-east. The successful project illustrated the importance of local editorial control within the community newspaper model, as well as the potential of journalism to build positive community processes and structures during such projects. A survey of people who bought or read the first new edition also revealed an unexpectedly high capacity, given current received wisdom of 'the digital divide', within the financially-depressed town's residents to use emerging digital technologies to receive news and informational content. When coupled with data gathered from other recent surveys of news technology use, the authors identify key areas for future research into news distribution.