Re: math: URI scheme and protocol handler

Please clarify the requirements. Math expressions can already be expressed
in a hypothetical markup language like this.

<math-expression  href="http://...."/>

Or:

<math-expression href="data:..."/>

The role of the URI scheme is not to convey the semantics or data type of
the resource but rather to supply information on the network location of
the resource.

So I am skeptical that this URI scheme is needed. If we went down this path
then we would need a URI scheme for images, zip files, documents, movies
and so forth.
On Apr 26, 2014 11:28 PM, "Gerardo Capiel" <gerardoc@benetech.org> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> I'm proposing the creation of a W3C Community Group to discuss a math: URI scheme and Web browser protocol handler. The 'math' URI scheme and protocol handler can be used by Web browsers and other applications to transport mathematical expressions to other applications, such as Assistive Technologies or graphing calculators.  If you are interested this proposal, please join: http://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/#mathprotocol.  Below is the provisional URI Scheme Registration Template:
>
> *   URI scheme name
> *      math - The math: URI scheme can be used by Web browsers and other applications to transport mathematical expressions to other applications, such as Assistive Technologies or graphing calculators.
> *   Status
> *      Provisional
> x*   URI scheme syntax
> *      Applications launched via the math protocol take as a parameter either a URL to a resource containing a mathematical expression in MathML or other formats or the actual math expression in uncompressed or compressed form. For example:
>       math://mathmlcloud.org/m/uniqueexpressionid
>       math:<math><mi>x</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>2</mn></math>
>       math:<math-compressed>someexpressionincompressedformat</math-compressed>
> *   URI scheme semantics
> *      TBD
>       *   Encoding considerations
> *      TBD
>       *   Applications/protocols that use this URI scheme name
> *      Applications should register the math: protocol handler with this scheme.
>       *   Interoperability considerations
> *      TBD
>       *   Security considerations
> *      None known.
>       *   Contact
> *      Gerardo Capiel, gcapiel@alum.mit.edu
>       *   Author/Change controller
> *      Gerardo Capiel, gcapiel@alum.mit.edu
>       *   References
> *      [1] http://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/#mathprotocol
>       [2] https://wiki.benetech.org/display/MATH/Protocol+Handlers+for+External+Applications+to+Process+MathML
>
>
> Gerardo Capiel
> VP of Engineering
> benetech
>
>
>