Mathematician's Professional Homepage (MPH) Help: About the MPH: Structure, Content, and the MPH Maker

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Mathematician's Professional Homepage Maker
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1. The Structure of the Mathematician's Professional Homepage (MPH)

2. The Content of Groups and Subgroups of the MPH

3. The Mathematician's Professional Homepage Maker (MPHM)

Preface:
The IMU intends to build up an Electronic World Directory of Mathematicians (EWDM). The IMU asks all mathematicians to offer a structured homepage on the Web, the so-called Mathematician's Professional Homepage. For more information about EWDM and the MPH see here.

1. The Structure of the Mathematician's Professional Homepage (MPH)

The MPH consists of two major blocks:

Photo of the person

Block I

Name of the person
Affiliation(s)

Block II

Groups and Subgroups
of the MPH

Block I contains the full name of the person and up to three affiliations.

Block II provides links to the information of a mathematician. It provides the most important information of a person in a standardized fashion, structured by groups (in the blue rows) and, for each group, by subgroups (in the grey rows). Block II consists of six groups, providing a rough classification of personal information. The content of each group is subdivided into several subgroups yielding a refined classification as follows:

General Information

Contact Information

Information for Visitors

Academic Positions / Professional History

Awards & Distinctions

Curriculum Vitae

Collaborations & Cooperations

Genealogy

Students

Co-Authors and Collaborators

Industrial Cooperation

News and Miscellaneous

Announcements

Future Conferences and Meetings

Other Interests

Personal Information

Favorite Links

Research

Research Areas and Applications

Other Scientific Interests

Publications

Research Projects / Grants

Talks / Presentations

Software

Teaching

Information for Students

Current and Future Teaching

Courses taught

Teaching and Course Materials

Professional Activities

Editorial Responsibilities / Refereeing

Professional Societies / Administrative Service

Congress and Workshop Organization

Other Services, Duties, and Functions

The definitions of the groups and subgroups are given below. Please note that if a person does not have or offer information for one or the other subgroup; this subgroup does not appear on the MPH.
Moreover, there is the possibility to extend each group by "Other" when the given subgroups do not cover the available local information.

2. The Content of Groups and Subgroups of the MPH

Each group and each subgroup has a standardized name. The information that is expected to be made available under this group or subgroup is described below.

Name of the Group	Name of the Subgroup	`Description`	`Examples`
General Information		This group contains links to general information of the person. Most of the general information can be associated with one of the following subgroups. Supplemental general information can be included in a subgroup "Other". For a compact design the subgroup "Other" will be presented in the same row as "General Information" on the MPH.
	Contact Information	Link to contact information of the person	Address of the affiliation, private addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, office hours, etc., see *)
	Information for Visitors	Link to information which is relevant for visitors	A map of the campus, travel advice (road map, public transport and traffic information, etc., see *)
	Academic Positions / Professional History	Link to information about the academic career and the professional history of the person	List of academic positions and the corresponding institutions, see *)
	Awards & Distinctions	Link to prizes and distinctions awarded to the person	Information about awards and distinctions and dates of the conferment, see *)
	Curriculum Vitae	Link to information about the curriculum vitae of the person	A long and a short version of the curriculum vitae, see *)
Collaborations & Cooperations		This group contains links to information about collaborations and cooperations of the person. Most of the information about collaborations and cooperations can be associated with one of the following subgroups. Supplemental information on collaboration and cooperations can be included in a subgroup "Other". For a compact design the subgroup "Other" will be presented in the same row as "Collaborations & Cooperations" on the MPH.
	Genealogy	Link to information about academic teachers and mathematicians who had a big influence on the professional history of the person	References to mathematicians, the genealogy of the person, see *)
	Students	Link to information about former and current students and their professional careers	Information about student associations, representatives, alumni, see *)
	Co-Authors and Collaborators	Link to information about collaborators in the academia and co-authors of academic publications	References to collaborators and co-authors of publications, see *)
	Industrial Cooperation	Link to information about projects and cooperation with industry and services	project partners in industry and services, see *)
News and Miscellaneous		This group contains links to recent (and possibly not long-term) information of the person and also links to personal information. Most of this information can be associated with one of the following subgroups. Information in this group not covered by one of the specified subgroups can be included in a subgroup "Other". For a compact design the subgroup "Other" will be presented in the same row as "News and Miscellaneous" on the MPH.	Supplements
	Announcements	Link to a calendar of events	Announcements of talks, lectures, conferences, etc., see *)
	Future Conferences and Meetings	Link to conferences and workshops the person plans to participate in	List of conferences which will be visited, see *)
	Other Interests	Link to information about interests outside the professional focus	Presentation of and information about hobbies, social and cultural interests, see *)
	Personal Information	Link to personal information	Information about activities, e.g., in social and culture and further fields, see *)
	Favorite Links	References to favorite Web links	References and description of links which are relevant for the person, see *)
Research		This group contains links to the research activities of the person. Most of the information about research can be associated with one of the following subgroups. Supplemental information about research can be included in a subgroup "Other". For a compact design the subgroup "Other" will be presented in the same row as "Research" on the MPH.
	Research Areas and Applications	Link to information about research topics in mathematics and its applications	Description of research topics and its application in industry and services, see *)
	Other Scientific Interests	Link to information about research fields the person is interested in	Description of these research fields, see *)
	Publications	Link to information about preprints and publications	Preprints, thesis, journal articles and monographs and further publications, access to related abstracts, see *)
	Research Projects / Grants	Link to information about current and completed research projects	Aims, description, results of projects, reports on the projects, project partners, funding, see *)
	Talks / Presentations	Link to information about talks and presentations given at conferences and workshops	References to slides of talks, comments, ..., see *)
	Software	Link to information about mathematical software	References to mathematical software, test data for mathematical programming problems, and databases about mathematical structures which are relevant for the research, see *)
Teaching		This group (particularly for mathematical departments) contains links to local teaching materials and organizational information about study programs. Most of the information about teaching can be associated with one of the following subgroups. Supplemental information about teaching can be included in a subgroup "Other". For a compact design the subgroup "Other" will be presented in the same row as "Teaching" on the MPH.
	Information for Students	Link to information concerning the teaching activities of the person	Study programs, degree courses, exam regulations, topics for degree certificates, etc., see *)
	Current and Future Teaching	Link to the schedule of current lectures and teaching events in the future	Schedule of lectures, see *)
	Courses taught	Information about courses taught	Topics and dates of lectures held, see *)
	Teaching and Course Materials	Detailed Information about courses and further full text materials	Lecture notes and manuscripts, exercises and solutions, see *)
Professional Activities		This group describes further professional activities, e.g., activities of the person in learned societies or as a referee in mathematical publishing. Most of these activities are associated with one of the following subgroups. Supplemental professional activities can be included in a subgroup "Other". For a compact design the subgroup "Other" will be presented in the same row as "Other" on the MPH.
	Editorial Responsibilities / Refereeing	Link to information about editorial or refereeing responsibilities and activities in mathematical publishing	Membership in editorial boards, refereeing activities, ..., see *)
	Professional Societies / Administrative Service	Link to information about activites in professional societies and administrative responsibilities	Positions and activities in professional societies and within the academia administration, see *)
	Congress and Workshop Organization	Information about activities in congress and workshop organization	Role und positions in congress and workshop organization, see *)
	Other Services, Duties, and Functions	Link to information about further functions and positions	Memberships in academies, positions in social and cultural movements, ..., see *)

Table 1: groups, subgroups, and description
*) links to documents, or directories, or search engines

Table 1 above is an attempt to describe and structure the whole spectrum of the professional information of a mathematician.
The list is neither complete, nor are the groups and subgroups disjoint. It may in fact be wise to link certain information to various subgroups simultaneously. It is better to find some information twice than not at all. The short definition of the groups and their subgroups may not suffice to provide a clear picture of the whole idea.
We recommend that those creating a MPH for the first time consult some existing MPH, to see what content has been displayed and what decisions have been made by other mathematicians. Please have a look at the example: MPH of Martin Grötschel. More examples can be found at World Directory of Mathematicians

Each subgroup shown on the MPH constitutes a hyperlink to the corresponding local information. The destination of the hyperlink may be a single document, a directory, or a search engine. If a mathematician has additional information that does not fit into the subgroup classification and that he wants to make accessible via the MPH we propose directing a hyperlink to a page/directory "Other" summarizing this additional information.

3. The Mathematician's Professional Homepage Maker (MPHM)

The MPHM is an Internet tool to generate and change MPHs in an easy way. The tool produces both the XHTML MPH file and an associated metadata file allowing the processing of the information by machines.
Metadata are described as an RDFS/RDF scheme (specified in XML), XHTML is the markup language for the visible part of the MPH.

In more detail, the MPHM offers some form sheets to the user with the help of which MPHs can be created and edited. Far from sophisticated techniques the tool covers form sheets to collect the relevant professional information of a person. Finally an MPH is created and delivered. Editing of existing MPHs for revision is provided. There are two types of form sheets available through buttons on the start page:

Creation of a new Professional Homepage,
Edit of an existing Professional Homepage

A short description of the procedure to create or edit a MPH:

Open the URL http://www.mathunion.org/MPHMaker with your browser.
Choose the button "Creation of a new Professional Homepage" and click on the "Continue" button. Then you get a form to input your data. The input data are classified as follows:
- name fields (last name, first name), title fields, the (main) e-mail address, and the URL of a photo
- names and the corresponding URLs for up to three affiliations
- links of the groups and subgroups of the MPH to the corresponding local directories/documents, see Table 1
- links to further homepages, e.g., in other languages.
Insert the required data in the form.
- Mandatory fields are your name and your e-mail address. All other fields are optional.
- Please try to link all relevant information that you currently provide on the
  MPH.
Generate the MPH with the "Create" button at the bottom of the form.
Check all links, possibly re-edit the MPH. Then click on the "Store file" button.
After clicking on the "Store file" button your MPH will be stored in the directory http://www.mathunion.org/ewdm/homepages on the IMU server.
The exact name of the .html file will be composed of your e-mail address (the character "@" is substituted by "_at_") and an automatically generated time stamp.
You will get an e-mail advising you of the exact URL.
Please note that this file will be not stored permanently on the IMU server. You will have to download your Mathematician's Professional Homepage to a Web server of your institution or at the Web space of your Internet provider.
Downloading:
You can display and store the MPH via your favorite Web browser. Alternatively, you can download the file per anonymous ftp (go to this directory, choose your MPH file and copy the file on your institutional or personal Web server.
In order to make your MPH available in the Electronic World Directory of Mathematicians insert the URL of your MPH in the registry of the Electronic World Directory of Mathematicians .

Editing of an existing MPH

Whenever your information has to be updated the MPHM allows you to edit an existing MPH:
Click on the button "Edit of an existing Professional Homepage" on the front page of the MPHM.
Then enter the URL of the .html MPH you want to modify and change the corresponding form. The updated page will be read into the MPHM form.

Create a further Web page conforming with the design of the MPH

The tool creates only the front page of your Web site. You are requested below to add links to already existing Web pages.If you want to create other Web pages conforming with the standardized design, the MPHM provides a link to an empty template on the front side. Download the Web page and insert your text and links into the template. For this purpose you can choose an HTML editor of your choice.

Liability

The MPH and the MPHM have been intensively tested. IMU, CEIC and the developers of this software, however, will not be liable for the improper functioning of the software. We appreciate comments and questions. Please send your questions, comments, and suggestions to math-net@zib.de.

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