Re: Minutes: MathML Core Meeting, July 13, 2020

I don't feel an explanation is needed, but Brian said he and others who
don't live and breathe MathML were confused by "mrow-like".  With the
change to "grouping", I don't know if an explanation is needed; he would be
better positioned to answer this. The other ones (scripted, radical) don't
have explanations. Seems to me if you give an explanation for one of the
three, you should do it for all three.

    Neil


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On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 9:01 AM Frédéric Wang <fwang@igalia.com> wrote:

> On 13/07/2020 23:32, Neil Soiffer wrote:
>
>
> like: #221 <https://github.com/mathml-refresh/mathml/issues/221>
>
> BK: said he and others were confused by the definition of “mrow-like” in
> the spec. What properties of mrows are shared between them?
>
> NS and DC: it is just a list of elements-- it says nothing about the
> properties.
>
> BK: people read things into the name and ask how they are “like” each
> other.
>
> BK: FW suggested in a comment on the issue it could be renamed as
> “grouping elements” and potentially similar names for “scripted elements”.
> I think that is less confusing.
>
> NS: There is no definition for “script-like”, so this is really just about
> changing the one name unless FW is planning on a bigger rewrite which
> doesn’t seem necessary.
>
>
> https://mathml-refresh.github.io/mathml-core/#mathml-elements-and-attributes
>
> has 3 definitions: "mrow-like elements", "scripted elements" and "radical
> elements".
>
> I think Brian suggested 2 things: rename "mrow-like" and add brief
> explanation (
> https://github.com/mathml-refresh/mathml/issues/221#issuecomment-641743332
> ). These are pure renaming and explanatory comment, the definitions itself
> remain unchanged.
>
> I understand there was consensus on the renaming. Do I also need to add a
> brief explanation in this section too?
>
> --
> Frédéric Wang
>
>