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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/stex/doc/stex-abstract.tex b/macros/latex/contrib/stex/doc/stex-abstract.tex index 445bbf064a..f342bbf907 100644 --- a/macros/latex/contrib/stex/doc/stex-abstract.tex +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/stex/doc/stex-abstract.tex @@ -1,10 +1,26 @@ \begin{abstract} - \sTeX is a collection of {\LaTeX} package that allow to markup documents semantically without leaving the document format, essentially turning {\LaTeX} into a document format for mathematical knowledge management (MKM). + \sTeX is a collection of {\LaTeX} packages that allow to markup documents semantically + without leaving the document format. + + Running `pdflatex` over sTeX-annotated documents formats them into normal-looking + PDF. But sTeX also comes with a conversion pipeline into semantically annotated HTML5, + which can host semantic added-value services that make the documents active + (i.e. interactive and user-adaptive) and essentially turning {\LaTeX} into a document + format for (mathematical) knowledge management (MKM). \sTeX augments {\LaTeX} with \begin{itemize} - \item \emph{Semantic macros} that denote and distinguish between mathematical concepts, operators, etc. independent of their notational presentation, - \item A powerful \emph{module system} that allows for authoring and importing individual fragments containing document text and/or semantic macros, independent of -- and without hard coding -- directory paths relative to the current document, - \item A mechanism for exporting \sTeX documents to (modular) XHTML, preserving all the semantic information for semantically informed knowledge management services. + \item \emph{semantic macros} that denote and distinguish between mathematical concepts, + operators, etc. independent of their notational presentation, + \item a powerful \emph{module system} that allows for authoring and importing individual + fragments containing document text and/or semantic macros, independent of -- and + without hard coding -- directory paths relative to the current document, and + \item a mechanism for exporting \sTeX documents to (modular) XHTML, preserving all the + semantic information for semantically informed knowledge management services. \end{itemize} \end{abstract} + +%%% Local Variables: +%%% mode: latex +%%% TeX-master: "stex-manual" +%%% End: |