A wiki for Mizar: motivation, considerations, and initial prototype

  • Authors:
  • Josef Urban;Jesse Alama;Piotr Rudnicki;Herman Geuvers

  • Affiliations:
  • Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;New University of Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal;University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada;Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • AISC'10/MKM'10/Calculemus'10 Proceedings of the 10th ASIC and 9th MKM international conference, and 17th Calculemus conference on Intelligent computer mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Formal mathematics has so far not taken full advantage of ideas from collaborative tools such as wikis and distributed version control systems (DVCS). We argue that the field could profit from such tools, serving both newcomers and experts alike. We describe a preliminary system for such collaborative development based on the Git DVCS. We focus, initially, on the Mizar system and its library of formalized mathematics.