Re: [XQueryX] reuse MathML Content Markup to represent XQuery in XQueryX

Generalize two issues and redesign abstraction to reuse exising
facility is always harder than invent a new one in the short term.

> I've no idea whether the idea has any merit.
Probably none untill someone try to use both of them to build a system
when one set of data model are stored in MathML Content Markup (say
"all the y on Y = x^2 + 4x -3" and the other "all the y on Y = 4*x^3
-2") and the other half store the query inside XQuery (say youc an
switch between  "Find all the Z element which no child of Z have value
y fit into the line of Y" and "Find all the Z elements which it's
parent have a attribute that it's value y fig the line of Y ). It will
be nice if both model use the same 'language' to store the math model.

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 22:01:25 -0000, Michael Kay <mhk@mhk.me.uk> wrote:
> 
> > 1. Have anyone consider or try to spec out a XQueryX proposal that use
> > the MathML Content Markup as spec out in
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/MathML2/chapter4.html to express XQuery into XML
> > syntax ? It looks like the MathML content markup should be powerful to
> > express most of the XQuery syntax, even the XPath part.
> >
> No, I don't think anyone has looked at this possibility. I've no idea
> whether the idea has any merit. If you feel it has, I suggest you write a
> paper on the topic for an XML conference. If it seems to offer benefits, I'm
> sure someone will pick it up.
> 
> >
> > 2. Any one have experience of using XQuery with MathML content markup?
> 
> Not that I'm aware of. There's a lot of experience using XSLT, however.
> 
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica Limited
> 
> 


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