The greatest hurdle has been how to deal with mathematics. The interim solution is to convert all equations into images, but to retain original LaTeX forms for future conversion. Exactly the same argument applies to tables and a few other features found in common word-processing programs. As anybody currently experimenting with hypertext will be aware, opportunities, software and network protocols are growing exponentially. The facilities in WWW for scientific work are at present limited, but we anticipate very rapid development over the next year or so.
Some compromises are inevitable at the moment.
Papers which are submitted in HTML provide the best quality. The tool Latex2html developed by Nikos Drakos at the University of Leeds has been invaluable in this regard. In order that copyright libraries may maintain copies of the journal, some volume structure has to be imposed on the hypertext. This issue represents the first quarter of 1994 and is now closed. There will be a subsequent issue, opened at the beginning and closed at the end of each quarter.