[jira] Commented: (MATH-237) Implement an OpenMath Phrasebook

["Luc Maisonobe (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Luc Maisonobe commented on MATH-237:
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After having participated to several different threads on the dev list about what we can and cannot include in commons-math, I now think this feature is out of scope. I think we want to restrict ourselves to applied mathematics and numerical algorithms. Of course we do have some interfaces that are sometimes misinterpreted as pure maths (Field is a typical example), but they are really intended only to be implemented by computing classes like Complex or Fraction.
So I would like to close this issue as WON'T FIX.
Any thoughts about this ?

> Implement an OpenMath Phrasebook
> --------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MATH-237
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-237
>             Project: Commons Math
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>            Reporter: Bryce Nordgren
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: OpenMathPhrasebook.ods
>
>
> The two major XML grammars for mathematical information on the web are OpenMath and MathML.  Both grammars construct mathematical expressions using the symbols from OpenMath content dictionaries.  A reference set of stable content dictionaries is maintained by the openmath society, such that fixed mathematical concepts have a fixed/permanent location within their "namespace".  This offers a unique opportunity to map the implementations in commons math to a universal conceptual space such that users of the library can request a "concept" without necessarily knowing what class implements it.
> A "Phrasebook" is a concept articulated by the OpenMath standard as the item bearing the responsibility for matching a symbol in the content dictionary with an implementation on the host system.  Including a "Phrasebook" in commons math would facilitate mapping of the orthodox OpenMath symbolset to code provided by the library.  
> I would envision this as a registry, with the function of a multimap (unique keys/multiple values).  Keys would be the fully qualified name of the OpenMath symbol, and values would be the code to execute.
> Thoughts?

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