+1 I think that sounds like a great idea!
-----Original Message----- From: Martin Desruisseaux <[email protected]> Organization: Geomatys Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 10, 2013 1:35 AM To: Apache SIS <[email protected]> Subject: MathML in javadoc, would it be okay? >Hello all > >When we need to express a mathematical formula, we were used to insert a >PNG image. However this is tedious to create and non-editable. Yesterday >I wanted to rename variables in a formula from legacy OGC names to the >current EPSG names, and was faced to the non-editable nature of PNG. So >I tried MathML as an alternative. Can some volunteers confirm if they >see the matrix formula on the right side of the table in the following >class javadoc? It should work natively (no plugin needed) on Firefox, >Opera and Safari, but Internet Explorer may need a plugin [1]. > >https://builds.apache.org/job/sis-jdk7/site/apidocs/org/apache/sis/referen >cing/datum/BursaWolfParameters.html > >If it works, would it be acceptable to adopt MathML as a way to express >formulas in SIS javadoc instead of PNG images, at the cost of requiring >developers using IE to install a plugin or ignore the mathematical >formulas? (hopefully it would be temporary, until IE catchup with other >browsers). > > Martin > > >[1] http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/download.htm >
