Re: MathML-in-HTML5

 > I think he was originally speaking against having entity names like 
 > † available in a user agent's DOM while they are formally 
 > excluded from an author's content as shipped through the web.
 
 No I meant mi, mo, mn token elements.

 >> HTML does  this all the time. (E.g. inferred <tbody> element as a child 
 > >> of <table>, inferred <head> and <body> elements,...) There's nothing 
 > >> wrong with inferred elements ... per se. 
 > 
 > > One thing when you can unamboguously infer completely useless element 
 > >that has no semantic value 
 > 
 > If you can unambiguously infer an element, it matters not a *whit* 
 > whether it is "useful" or "useless." 

 If. And if so they would not be introduced at all.

 > 
 > I could make the same argument about inferred end tags in HTML. 
 > (Inferred elements are just a special case, where both the start and 
 > end tags are optional.) 
 > 
 > > > I disagree strongly. XHTML is a *huge* barrier. CMS's that reliably 
 > > > produce XHTML are rare to nonexistent. 
 > 
 > > You tend to turn simple things into rocket science. 
 > 
 > Writing a CMS that reliably produces well-formed XHTML is "simple"? 
 > 
 > You should write one then. The world will thank you. 

 I don't need it.
 
 > If the idea of MathML in tag soup bothers you, sorry, but it's too 
 > late. That ship has sailed.

 It is not my fault.

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Received on Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:28:28 UTC