- From: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 14:56:32 -0400 ()
- To: Abigail <abigail@fnx.com>
- cc: Walter Ian Kaye <walter@natural-innovations.com>, www-html@w3.org
> Then you might as well use an inline gif. That will reach more users. > (I'd love to see MATH, but I'm not turning Java on for it). But both > an inline image and a java applet are 100% presentation, there's not > structual information. > > Don't get me wrong, I think MATH belongs in HTML. But let's be > realistic. HTML 3.0 was largely ignored. The TABLES proposal was > redone to fit Netscape's implementation, and where it has gone beyond, > it's being ignored. HTML 2.0 described current practise, and so does > HTML 3.2. W3C is working on Math, see: http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/Math We are developing an XML based format for describing both presentation and semantics for math expressions. In addition there are number of applets/plugins for math in the pipeline. I am myself near finishing a public domain plugin for math. In the longer run we expect to see math tags integrated into the browser. Dave Raggett - <dsr@w3.org> tel +1 617 258 5741 fax +1 617 258 5999 World Wide Web Consortium 545 Technology Square, Cambridge MA 02139
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