This text leaves the style guide alone, and maybe that is as it should be.  But 
my expectations are that the RPC should incorporate a requirement for use of 
MathML in the general case as and when they are ready to do so, to facilitate 
consistency for the reader.

Eliot

> On 15 Jun 2026, at 06:25, Martin Thomson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2026, at 15:14, Martin J. Dürst wrote:
>> Hello Eliot,
>> 
>>> On 2026-06-13 15:17, Eliot Lear wrote:
>>> To me this is good enough for now.  I would like to ask one question:
>>> under this policy, is the RPC empowered to suggest MathML when it is not
>>> present for such short equations/incidental use?
>> 
>> My guess, and preference, would be that they may suggest it, and they
>> may use it in the final RFC, if they don't force or pressure the author
>> into using it.
> 
> The standard RPC rules apply here.  We don't need to say anything here.
> 
> That standard rule being that the RPC need to get approval from authors, but 
> can escalate to stream management if they believe that there is a 
> disagreement they think would affect their responsibilities (which largely 
> mean "if the quality of RFCs would degrade"). We get close to saying 
> something more about math presentation than is necessary, but I think we're 
> OK.
> 
> Eliot, I think that this would be more constructive if you answered your own 
> question: does your reading of the document lead to an answer you are unhappy 
> with?  Your "this is good enough for now" implies otherwise, so I'm inferring 
> that you are mostly OK, but wanting to point the attention of others at the 
> same question.
> 
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