I read that というのは can be abbreviated as とは, is that to say that the meaning of
というのは is the same as とは?

However, the website I browsed about というのは mentioned that というのは cannot be
abbreviated to とは if it is used as a reminder.

I also could not find any relevant english explanation regarding
similarities/differences between both of them (e.g. Are both というのは and とは the
same word?)

Could anyone shed some light about this?
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とは and というのは：Same or Different?
When (noun)とは denotes definition of things, (noun)というのは can function as well.

However, you can't do that when というの is just indirection and doesn't have
semantic value, which is the same as (noun)は. e.g. ラーメンというのはどうだ？: How about
ramen?

In addition, conjunction というのは, which means "more specifically" or "because"
can't be contracted that way.

Of course, とは can't necessarily be rewound into というのは because it can simply be
combination of と and は.

> I read that というのは can be abbreviated as とは, is that to say that the meaning
> of というのは is the same as とは?

I don't think that explanation is quite right.
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