Re: MathML-in-HTML5

That example wasn't suggesting anything special about the literal "m" 
indeed -- what it instead suggested was that the prefix string had to be 
declared in the <html>. Right?
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RBS.


On 4/10/2006 9:56 AM, Paul Topping wrote:

> IE handles multiple namespaces in HTML+XML. There is nothing special
> about the "m". To my knowledge, it doesn't handle nested XML islands,
> though.  
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: dev-tech-mathml-bounces@lists.mozilla.org 
>>[mailto:dev-tech-mathml-bounces@lists.mozilla.org] On Behalf 
>>Of Roger B. Sidje
>>Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 4:41 PM
>>To: Ian Hickson
>>Cc: www-math@w3.org; dev-tech-mathml@lists.mozilla.org; David Carlisle
>>Subject: Re: MathML-in-HTML5
>>
>>On 4/10/2006 9:19 AM, Ian Hickson wrote:
>>
>>>So basically, it's the same as tag soup. I don't really see 
>>
>>an advantage 
>>
>>>to going down that route (with its complexities like 
>>
>>namespace prefixes, 
>>
>>>etc)
>>
>>One could also think that prefixed tags are random tags in general.
>>
>>Is it because you are thinking globally w.r.t. multiple 
>>mixings? Such as
>><m:tag> <n:tag>...</n:tag> </m:tag>?
>>
>>(I am not sure what IE does if n: is attached to a plug-in.)
>>
>>If it just for the single MathML containment, the starting 
>>patch that I 
>>made emulates what IE+MathPlayer does:
>>
>><html xmlns:m="mathml-namespace">, then
>><m:math>...</m:math> in the document
>>
>>or
>>
>><math xmlns="mathml-namespace">...</math>
>>with no need for a declaration in <html>
>>
>>(So it is a proof-of-concept of that emulation, and as the 
>>patch showed, 
>>not that invasive to emulate.)
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