Math-Net Elements of the Math-Net Page for Departments/Research Institutes (Draft, 2000-12-01)

 

Group	Standard labels of categories (which has to be approved by CEIC)	Description	Examples	valid for
General		This group contains links to general information of the institution.		MD, RI; see **)
	About us	Link to general information about the institution	a mission statement, the main focus and the profile of the institution, the history and development of the institution, sponsors, see *)	MD, RI; see **)
	Organizational	Link to information describing the organizational structure of the institution	address of the institution, the head of the institution, substructures as chairs, institutes, ... (if existing), see *)	MD, RI; see **)
	Beginners Guide	Link to introductory information about the mathematical studies at the department. The target audience are beginners and pupils which are interested in mathematics.	description of study programs, scripts for beginners, contact persons, see *)	MD; see **)
	Math and School	Link to the information concerning the cooperation between the institution and schools	hints for pupils and teachers interested in mathematics, special events such as summer schools, information days, ..., see *)	MD, RI; see **)
	Service for visitors	Link to information which is relevant for visitors	a map of the campus, further travel information (road map, public traffic information, ...), see *)	MD, RI; see **)
Persons		This group contains links to information about the members of the institution and also of students associations.		MD, RI; see **)
	Faculty/Staff	Link to information about researchers, lecturers and other employees	list(s) of scientific staff and employees, professional homepages of members, former members of the staff, see *)	MD, RI; see **)
	Students	Link to information provided by student assications	information about student associations, representatives, alumni, see *)	MD; see **)
	Associates/Visitors	Link to information about guests at the department/research institute	guest lecturers and researchers, see *)	MD, RI; see **)
News		This group contains links to up-to-date information of the institution.		MD, RI; see **)
	Schedule of Events	Link to a calendar or announcement of events	seminar talks at the institution, local workshops and conferences, other events, see *)	MD, RI; see **)
	Communications	Link to up-to-date information of the institution	announcements (of the institution, the university, and possibly further local institutions), discussion forums, an electronic "blackboard", see *)	MD, RI; see **)
	Positions	Link to advertisements of positions and jobs	vacant (local) positions and jobs, see *)	MD, RI; see **)
Research		This group contains links to the research activities of the institution		MD, RI; see **)
	Research Groups	Link to information about local research and working groups	aims of the working groups, activities and projects of the working groups, participants, see *)	MD, RI; see **)
	Preprints/Publications	Link to information about preprints and publications	preprints, theses, dissertations, journal articles and monographs and further publications, aceess to related abstracts, see *)	MD, RI; see **)
	Projects	Link to information about projects	description, participants and results of the projects, reports on the projects, project partners, funding, see *)	MD, RI; see **)
	Software	Link to local information about mathematical software	software, software libraries (access and download), see *)	MD, RI; see **)
Teaching		This group (particularly for mathematical departments) contains links to local teaching materials and organizational information about studies.		MD; see **)
	Curricula	Link to organizational information about studies	study programs degree course schemes, exam regulations, see *)	MD; see **)
	Lectures	Link to the schedule of lectures	schedule of lectures, scripts, see *)	MD; see **)
	Course Materials	Link to further study materials	lecture notes, exercises and solutions, see *)	MD; see **)
Information Services		This group contains information about information services which are provided by local information providers or are accessible locally.		MD, RI; see **)
	Libraries	Link to the information provided by the local libraries	OPAC, CD ROM databases, lending and document delivery services, see *)	MD, RI; see **)
	Journals	Link to information about electronic journals which are available locally	electronic journals, see *)	MD, RI; see **)
	Bibliographic Search	Access to locally available bibliographic databases related to mathematics	Mathematical Reviews, Zentralblatt Math, INSPEC, CompuScience, Science Citation Index, ... see *)	MD, RI; see **)

• The categories of the Math-Net Page are not disjunct in mathematical sense. There is a semantic overlapping between the various categories of the Math-Net Page, e.g. between the categories Beginner's Guide, Math and School and the categories of the group Teaching.
• For the definition of standard labels we refer to the proposal "About the design of the Math-Net Page of Departments and Research Institutes"
• Remark made by John Ewing:
  It would be desirable to add an additional category "Miscellaneous" which would be defined "None of the above, but information of "xyz"".
  Reply by Jürgen Kallies:
  
  • A "Main Group Miscellaneous" would overrate this point and destroy the design of the page.
    
  • Adding a category "Miscellaneous" to a special "Main Group" (e.g. Information Services) is not satisfactory, because the automatic classification would be very poor and therefore user-unfriendly.
    
  • So, as we see it, the only way would be to add a category "Miscellaneous" to each "Group". This has a consequence another three lines on the page. Not a big problem, but probably more important lines will be hidden (visible only by scrolling the window).