Re: source that PDF supports MathML

Hi Stephen,

- PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2), published in summer 2017, supports MathML in tagged PDF; some info can be found on the pdfa.org <http://pdfa.org/> website (use this search term: "mathml site:pdfa.org <http://pdfa.org/>" )
- in addition, PDF 2.0 has a mechanism called "associated files" which makes it straightforward to associate content like an equation in PDF (that in itself may not reflect the inner structure of that equation) with a file containing a suitable representation of that equation, e.g. using MathML, LaTeX, ASCIIMath or whatever (or several files, each with a different representation form of that content).
- Ross Moore from the Mathematics Dept at  Macquarie University/Australia has done a lot of work regarding creation of math PDF from TeX/LaTeX, if you want to do any work in this field you should get in touch with him (search for "ross moore mathml tex" to find more info)

Olaf



> On 1. Oct 2018, at 00:30, Blosser, Stephen <blossers@msu.edu <mailto:blossers@msu.edu>> wrote:
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> Dear Krista,
> Are you referring to this:
> https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/tutorials/improved-support-inline-mathml-equations-video.html <https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/tutorials/improved-support-inline-mathml-equations-video.html> ?
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> If you find anything about PDF support of mathml I am also looking. I have a small grant to develop LaTeX to mathml this is what I have so farhttp://msumathonline.com/ <http://msumathonline.com/>
>  
> The blind students I work with like to use screen readers to read mathml however I find it tedious to convert everything else in the tex document we get from the math professors to html. Since tex easily converts to PDF I could use what you are looking for.
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> Stephen Blosser
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> From: Krista Greear <krista@inclusiveinstructionaldesign.com <mailto:krista@inclusiveinstructionaldesign.com>> 
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 12:28 AM
> To: public-mathonwebpages@w3.org <mailto:public-mathonwebpages@w3.org>
> Subject: source that PDF supports MathML
>  
> My Google sleuthing skills are failing me. Can anyone point me to the announcement that PDF supports MathML (although it's limited from what I remember and/or requires MathPlayer or something like that). 
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> Thanks!
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> Krista Greear
> Accessibility and Inclusivity Crusader