Michel Fortin wrote:
One thing I know however is that the next time I'll have to put an
equation on a web page, I won't go looking for a MathML editor just to
be able to generate the markup, convert the page to XHTML served as
application/xhtml+xml (so that it works with MathML) and ask
Henri Sivonen wrote:
I said that math needs to integrate with the surrounding prose. I did
not say that MathML is integrated right. The point was mainly that
there needs to be an XML syntax rendered by the same engine as the
prose--or at minimum the renderers need to communicate the baseline
James Graham wrote:
I could go on but
at least in academic fields, LaTeX is either the only format accepted
for publication or the preferred format.
In mathematics, and theoretical physics sure, in rest of science? I doubt.
In chemistry, LaTeX is not preferred for example.
Note also that
James Graham wrote:
H?kon Wium Lie wrote:
I think you make a compelling case for adding math to HTML the simple
way. Personally, I'm open to adding it to HTML5. How much would it add
to the specification?
I remain sceptical about this.
This appears to be not an optimistic attitude. Let
James Graham wrote:
No. I propose that the [X|HT]ML syntax follows the LaTeX model as
closely as possible within the constraints imposed by the XML data
model. This should make it easy for people to write converters which is
the _only_ thing that matters for high adoption.
Do you claim
Quoting Henri Sivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
You do need to know how to write it though...
Need to know how to write a normative DTD???
No, how to write the math markup. Probably based on some English prose.
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