- From: David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:40:42 GMT
- To: whitelynx@operamail.com
- CC: koba@antenna.co.jp, www-math@w3.org
> Does it mean that XSL is not suitable for rendering MathML documents Mathematical formatting (not just MathML) was something that was in the original requirements document for XSL (and was in DSSSL) but was explicitly left out of XSL FO 1.0 (and 1.1). One reason for leaving it out was that any XML based description of mathematical layout would end up looking rather a lot like presentation MathML and it wasn't clear if W3C ought to be defining two such languages. So it was always the intention/hope that XSLFO renderers would support embedded MathML, at least presentation MathML. One of the first FO renderers was the TeX based passivetex system which had this functionality from the start (although implementing mathematics on top of TeX is the easy part, implementing borders/tables etc is much harder and never really fully implemented in passivetex). I'm very pleased to see MathML support now appearing in commercial fully supported XSL FO products. David ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
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