https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65397

Tobias <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Tobias <[email protected]> ---
I was wondering too, if either MathML or TEX could store the item information
instead of just the symbols. The symbols could be stored in another property
and used just for display:

If we take the formula E = mc², then the formula could also look like this:

E = mc²
{{Q|11379}} = {{Q|11423}} * ({{Q|2111}})²

So instead of symbols we would really link to the objects or concepts that are
behind the symbols. The letter e is ambigeous, but we could link to either
'variable' or 'Euler Number'.

Same thing for chemical formulas. 'Fe' could stand for 'variable' * 'variable'
or 'iron (element)'.

Even more of the formula would be captured if the subscripts and superscripts
would be distinguished between for example: superscript 2 could mean 'exponent'
(x² = x squared) or 'electric charge' (Fe² = Iron ion charged 2 times
positive).

Maybe this type of datatype doesn't exist yet, but it would be really powerful
in my opinion.

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