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From: dmd1@Lehigh.EDU (DON DAVIS)
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Subject: idea for webpage
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From: Don Davis

I have an idea for an expansion of the webpage of this discussion
group.  Currently the webpage, www.lehigh.edu/~dmd1/algtop.html,
contains an archive of posted messages and Hopf archive abstracts,
plus conference information, links to topologists' websites and
other related websites, and a list of e-mail addresses of subscribers.
I would like to add a category for the "general public," consisting
of short essays about topics in topology.

I know that some of you have written essays about "What is topology"
on your websites.  I would link to these and to other articles that
people would like to offer.  If you don't have a website or public directory
to link to, you could e-mail the article to me, and I could put it in my
directory.  My preference would be that articles not be in dvi or ps format,
because I believe that many of the "general public" cannot read such files.
I suppose that html or text format would be preferred, or perhaps some
scanned format such as pdf.  I would certainly appreciate comments on this
matter of format.

If you go to "topology" under Yahoo, this discussion group's page is the
first listing that you will find.  I know of people who got to our website
that way.  It is these sorts of people that I would like to target.
I would think of it as a sort of encyclopedia of topology, but largely
unedited.  As I see what kinds of contributions we have, I might try to
arrange them into categories.

I would appreciate your comments on this idea, either privately or
publically.  I would suggest that if you send me your comments,
you let me know whether you would like to have these
circulated to the subscribers. Once we get it going, I would intend to
announce each submission to the list.

Don
dmd1@lehigh.edu