- From: Stefan Gössner <stefan@goessner.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:15:14 +0200
I would highly appreciate a lightweight, pragamatic solution for doing math on the web in a convenient way. This solution could parallel MathML the same way as Canvas parallels SVG. And that does not necessarily mean, it should be javascript or Latex based -- though it might be. Personally I like a minimal vocabulary, which allows declarative math markup and integrates well with HTML. The proposal from George, refined by Michel currently being discussed here, is definitely a good start. Even if it ends only in a 80% solution, it presumeably will have only 20% implementation cost -- compared to MathML -- if at all. And these 80% would be more, than the target audience in engineering and economics really needs. As an example for successfully creating pure HTML+CSS based math formulas using the great concept of XML-Maiden see here for an example, http://goessner.net/learn/tm/exercises/exm/2005-07-06-II/ which was authored by students using a Wiki/Latex style markup. So a proof of concept to convert Latex style markup to HTML+CSS *and back* exists and works very well. http://goessner.net/articles/wiky/ Math in HTML5 would help a lot and might lead to even better tools, widgets or whatever. Stefan Goessner --- stefan at goessner.net http://goessner.net
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