At 19 Jun 2000 04:00 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Have a look at the MATHML pages at http://www.w3.org/Math to see if this > provides what you want: I'm not a fan because of its wide use of > private-use characters, but I expect these will be encoded in Unicode at > some point (allowing for many fun-filled days trying to convert existing > data). Which is why the MathML Recommendation recommends that you use entity references in your data instead of characters. >From Section 6.2.2 of http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-MathML/chapter6.html: Those codes beginning with the hex digit E, e.g., E321, indicate assignments to the private zone of Unicode. This indicates that the character in question is not at present an official Unicode character. It is highly recommended that authors use entity names instead of Unicode values, especially for those characters in the Unicode private zone, as those values may change. For example, MathML uses U+E8A7 for 'logical constant false', but it also declares the entity &false; to represent the character. If you use "" in your data, you'll have to changes the data at such time as 'logical constant false' becomes a Unicode character and your software supports it. However, if you use "&false;" in your data, then at such time as 'logical constant false' becomes a Unicode character and your software supports it, you can just update your MathML entity declarations and you do not have to change individual characters in your XML documents. Regards, Tony Graham ====================================================================== Tony Graham mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9632 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ======================================================================
