- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 00:28:18 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Paul Topping <pault@dessci.com>
- Cc: David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>, www-math@w3.org, dev-tech-mathml@lists.mozilla.org
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Paul Topping wrote: > > That fact that adding XML islands to tag soup doesn't turn it into steak > shouldn't surprise anyone. But I don't think it is fair to dismiss the > value of adding MathML to HTML on that basis. I think Microsoft provided > a very simple mechanism that allows XML islands inside tag soup but > without making it more soupy, to stretch the metaphor a bit. I'm not saying don't add MathML to HTML. I'm saying don't add namespace syntax to HTML. I'm eagerly looking forward to seeing what Roger's experience with adding MathML to HTML is. > I'm not sure what you mean by "lack of success of IE's extension > mechanism". It doesn't have millions of pages using it, the way that other IE non-standard extensions (e.g. <marquee>) have taken off. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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