History

Features

• 2.0: cdb -> Elasticsearch
• 2.1: Python2 -> Python3
• 2.2: Debianization
• 2.3: new recruiting workflow (become-a-reviewer form)
• 2.4: improvements in author profiles; accessibility
• 2.5: swMATH integration
• 2.6: factor out query parser
• 2.7: sorting options and internal links
• 2.8: filters in all tabs, redesign of result lists
• 2.9: arXiv integration
• 2.10: multi-line search interface

Server-Side Application

• Python

  • Flask

  • Jinja

  • application code

• Javascript

  • JQuery

  • custom JS

• CSS

  • Bootstrap

  • custom CSS

• some in-house developments

Technology

• cdb
  • well suited to zbMATH query use cases
  • problem: file-based (-> no distributed deployment possible)
• zbQueryParser
  • take in a zbMATH query
  • example: py:2019|2024 (au:teschke ^ au:greuel)
  • produces an abstract syntax tree
• Elasticsearch query adapter
  • turns it into an ES query
• Erdős distance
• become-a-reviewer interface
• various external interfaces (author disambiguation, citation matching)

In-House Developments

Problems

• too much CSS (not clear what is still used)
  • same problem for Jinja code, images...
• global state, ad-hoc representation
• outdated Bootstrap version
• no test suite

• Tools & Resources
• Semantic Entity Linking
• Affiliations
• Research Data Tab
• Did You Mean

In the Pipeline