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Juan R. said: > [http://www.whatwg.org/] > > [http://www.w3.org/2004/04/webapps-cdf-ws/papers/opera.html] > > MathML has been rejected by most *mathematicians* and a few days ago the > Web Applications ceased to recommend the usage of MathML in the spec. This is like saying English professors have rejected the OpenDocument format. MathML is a computer representation for math, not something humans (or mathematicians) are expected to type. MathML is alive and well, thank you very much: - MathML is in the process of being added to the next version of DAISY (http://www.daisy.org/), an XML format for ebooks with special concern for accessibility. DAISY is part of the NIMAS standard which has been adopted in the reauthorization of IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), a US federal law. - "W3C Launches Math Working Group for MathML 3.0", 2006-06-28 (http://www.w3.org/Math/). The W3C Web Applications spec has probably dropped MathML from the list of formats they were working with because, unlike the name may imply, they are really focussed on standardizing a set of XML languages to be supported on mobile devices. MathML just is not important in that context. I know, I went to their kickoff meeting some time ago. It is one thing to have an opinion, but another thing entirely to simply misrepresent the truth. Get a life, Juan! (For the sake of complete full disclosure, my company's products support MathML and readers may be reasonably concerned about bias. However, I still stand by my position.) Paul Topping Design Science, Inc.
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