Re: Extra attributes on the math element

Hi Simon,

> We are thinking about an extra attribute on the math element, which should
> point to a graphic containing a visual representation of the formula. Now
> the question is: Will MathML software be bothered by this attribute that it
> does not know about, or will it just ignore it? How tolerant is existing
> MathML software?

Do you know about the 'altimg' attribute on the <math> element?  If
not, you may want to take a look, since it is for the situation you
describe. 

However, to answer your specific question, at least for MathPlayer, by
default it will ignore unknown attributes on the <math> element.  (It
has stricter validation modes that will catch this, but the average
end-user can't turn these modes on.)

--Robert

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Received on Monday, 3 March 2003 22:52:51 UTC