Mathematics-related checkpoints

Make sure that the guidelines are written such that "ascii
representation" of math does not get interpreted as ASCII
art --that would be useless both now and in the future.

>>>>> "Jason" == Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU> writes:

    Jason> I have not reviewed the guidelines to establish
    Jason> where these checkpoints would best fit, but the
    Jason> following suggestions come to mind in respect of
    Jason> mathematical content:

    Jason> 1. When browsers provide support for viewing and
    Jason> processing it, use MathML to represent
    Jason> mathematical expressions occurring in a document.

    Jason> 2. Until MathML is supported by browsers, images
    Jason> may be used to represent mathematical content, so
    Jason> long as alternative text providing an ASCII
    Jason> representation of the mathematics is supplied.

    Jason> In the Techniques document, an example could be
    Jason> given of the latter method, adopting the ASCII
    Jason> representation used in Donald E. Knuth's TeX
    Jason> typesetting system. Rationale: an ASCII version
    Jason> can be read by today's assistive
    Jason> technologies. Query whether there are characters
    Jason> in Unicode that could be used in ALT text to
    Jason> represent the mathematical symbols and whether
    Jason> these would provide a better interim solution (I
    Jason> suspect that they would not be supported by
    Jason> current assistive technologies and that we will
    Jason> need to fall back upon straightforward ASCII as
    Jason> mentioned above).

    Jason> The two proposed checkpoints are modeled on the
    Jason> provisions related to style sheets and the legacy
    Jason> problem associated with the use of tables for
    Jason> layout purposes.

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