MathWeb Search XML API

Alberto González Palomo

URL: http://betasearch.mathweb.org/search-xml.php
Example query: aa+b, with a and b generic
HTTP query parameters: (same names as used by Google)

• num: number of results per page.
• start: start result index for the current page.
• q: query as Content MathML with MWS query attributes and elements.

The result is an XML document in the namespace "http://www.matracas.org/ns/mws-result-0.1".
The root element is either <success> or <error>:

• <success>
  Attributes:

  • identifier: MWS query identifier.
  • seconds: time for the main MWS query, not including the details queries time.
  • total: total result count.
  • num: results per page as requested, or default 10.
  • start: index of first result in the page, or default 0.
  Content: a sequence of <entry> or <error> elements.

  • <entry>
    Attributes:

    • href: result URL.
    • rank: result rank, a number between 0.0 and 1.0.
    • title: result title.
    • description: result description.
    Content: one <match> element, and a sequence of <substitution> elements.

    • <match>
      Attributes:

      • href: result URL again, from the DETAIL query. Should be the same.
      Content: whole matched formula, normally as MathML.

    • <substitution>
      Attributes:

      • for: generic term identifier.
      Content: subformula, normally as MathML.
• <error>
  Attributes:

  • code: error code, a unique identifier, so that errors can be recognized independently of the human-readable message which could be in different languages.
  • message: error message.

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