- Some preliminary technical guidelines for writing "memory chunks" fed to Sofia.
- ASCII fortune format, use % to separate entries
- [definitions] may contain many words
- {references} should match [definitions]
- no {}, [] brackets in the rest of the text
- $TeX code$ can contain any brackets inside
- no references to obvious things like "set", "number" or "derivative"
- no _underline_, *emphasize* , SHOUT or s-p-e-l-l
- ASCII formulas x^3 + y^2 = 1 and _/ f(x) dx > 0.
or TeX formulas $x^3+y^3=1$ and $\int f(x) dx > 0$.
- no tex macros, no fancy formatting in formulas.
- use a 'hard return' after no more than 80 characters
- files contain only ASCII symbols
- author text files with text editors like for example "vi", "emacs" or "pico".
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- Some preliminary guidelines for content:
- be as simple, brief, clear and correct as possible
- English only, other languages will added in separate files
- be redundant, entries will in general be accessed without background
- keep nonmathematical stuff politically, ideologically, philosophically and religiously neutral.
- avoid formulas, if it can be told without it
- whenever possible, give examples
- to collect and translate material, use only simple tools:
shell scripts, Perl translators etc.
- material (database and scripts) will be in the public domain or GPLd
- authors reformulate everything new, in their own words, respect copyrights
- use as many sources as possible, list bibliography/sources in header
- reserve time for proofreading
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