- From: Alexey Feldgendler <alexey@feldgendler.ru>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:16:01 +0700
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:20:28 +0700, White Lynx <whitelynx at operamail.com> wrote: >>>> How should "formula" be used? There has been some discussion about it. >>> In case when everything is reduced to fractions and simple indices, >>> it can be optional. But having such an element is still important for >>> those who want to mark formulae explictly. >> Then why include it now? It can be added later. > And what to do until then? > Use <em>ax<sup>2</sup> + bx + c = 0</em> > or > <span class="math">ax<sup>2</sup> + bx + c = 0</span> > how to mark math formula? Don't tell us to use microformats. Ok, I've looked through some archived mail in this list, and I'm convinced that we need <formula>. >> At least it wouldn't be a no-op element (that is, an element which >> doesn't >> change the appearance of the document unless specially styled). > In the same manner you can remove html and head, they are no-op elements. > > formula element is important from structural point of view. If I was reinventing HTML from scratch now, I would drop HEAD and BODY and leave just the HTML element. But we have backward compatibility preventing us from doing this, of course. And, just like I said, a lot of pages misuse HEAD and BODY just because omitting them or messing them up doesn't break the page display. -- Alexey Feldgendler <alexey at feldgendler.ru> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com
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