- From: Neil Soiffer <soiffer@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 07:39:18 -0700
- To: public-mathml4@w3.org
- Message-ID: <CAESRWkCFr7kXsU0E-9WXSVGjELOfwutSQMSKTkcN3w+EaK34=A@mail.gmail.com>
We have talked a little about needing proper mrow structure in order to
mark up prefix/posfix/infix operators. For example, the following can *not*
be semantically marked up:
<mrow>
<mi>m</mi>
<mo>!</mo>
<mi>n</mi>
<mo>!</mo>
</mrow>
It needs an extra layer of mrows around the postfix factorials in the mrow.
<mrow>
<mrow>
<mi>m</mi>
<mo>!</mo>
</mrow>
<mrow>
<mi>n</mi>
<mo>!</mo>
</mrow>
</mrow>
Here's a case we haven't talked about: implicit mrows.
<msqrt>
<mi>n</mi>
<mo>!</mo>
</msqrt>
There is no place to markup the factorial here either. Implicit mrows don't
work for semantic markup.
Given what MathML generators typically produce, I think this pretty much
forces the need for a canonicalization tool for anyone wanting to
hand-remediate MathML. For a tool that wants to infer the semantics, it
seems necessary also.
More directly actionable though is what we should say in a MathML 4
specification. Specifically,
- Should we discourage or maybe even deprecate implicit mrows?
- Should we have stronger language encouraging "proper" mrow structure?
Received on Friday, 26 June 2020 14:39:42 UTC