Non Deterministic Approaches

All the contents that are available on NDAPortal.com, can be edited directly online. Thanks to the powerful rich text editor and to the MathML* syntax, it is possible to create and edit complex documents with mathematical formulas using most of the features of common desktop rich text editors. As for all rich text editors, some practice is needed to use all the capabilities available for editing. Here we'll discuss a short procedure to use the most common features to edit an online article.

Let's start with a short tutorial: How to create a standard article.

In order to create any type of content, you should click on the link "Create content", located on your navigation block on the right.

 When you click on this link, a submenu is loaded, displaying a list of the type of contents that you are allowed to create.

In our case, you can select the "Article" link, but any other allowed type is possible, depending on the author role that you have.

When you click on this link, a new page opens, where you can write and save your content for later editing.

As you may notice, there are fields with a red asterisk. These fields are required, and no content can be saved without these fields being filled. For an article you will need to put (even if temporary) content in these fields:

• Title
• Keywords
• Abstract
• Body of the article
• Conclusions

All the other fields are optional, and you can fill them also at a later time.

At the end of the page, you'll notice that there is a link named "Optinal Content". If you click on this link, two new text areas open that allow you to enter also:

• Acknowledgements
• References

For each of these text areas, required or optional, you can use the available rich text editor in full screen mode. To do so, you have to click on the area that you want to edit and then on the icon:

In this way you can edit your document like a common rich text editor inside your browser window. When you've finished, you can click again on the full screen icon and save the content by submitting it.