Manifold Atlas:Uploading PDF files

This page describes how and when to upload PDF files to the Manifold Atlas.

1 When and why to upload PDF files

You can upload PDF files when you need a more mathematically sophisticated layout than the Atlas provides. Furthermore, since normal pages in the Manifold Atlas can be edited by every registered user, uploaded PDF files are the place to provide authored, original content. Users are encouraged, e. g. to write computations of invariants, new proofs of existing results and even truly new work. Please provide your name and institutional address (if applicable) in the PDF file in order to be cited properly.

2 How to upload PDF files

When you have the PDF file ready on you local computer, insert a link of the form

[[Media:Filename.pdf|link text]]

into the page you are writing. The filename does not need to coincide with the filename on your local computer. It is the name which the file is given in the Manifold Atlas. Assuming that there is not already a file of this name in the database, the link on the page will appear in red. When you click this link, you are presented with form where you can upload the PDF file from your local computer. Once you have uploaded a file to the Manifold Atlas, subsequent clicks on the link will open the PDF document for viewing.

If you want you want to replace the file with a newer version, type http://www.map.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/File:Filename.pdf in your browser's address bar. This presents you with a page listings all revisions of this file and lets you upload a new revision.