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We explore the social context of mathematical knowledge: Even though, the community of mathematicians may look homogeneous from the outside, it is actually structured into various sub-communities that differ in preferred notations, the choice of basic assumptions, or e.g. in the choice of motivating examples. We contend that we cannot manage mathematical knowledge for human recipients if we do not take these factors into account. As a basis for a future extension of MKM systems, we analyze the social context of information in terms of Communities of Practice (CoP; a concept from learning theory) and present a concrete extensional model for CoPs in mathematics.
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Kohlhase, A., Kohlhase, M. (2006). Communities of Practice in MKM: An Extensional Model. In: Borwein, J.M., Farmer, W.M. (eds) Mathematical Knowledge Management. MKM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4108. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11812289_15
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