Re: fences (variable size math symbols)

[Chris Maden <crism@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

[David Carlisle]
> Actually one of my gripes about the MathML report is that it over
> specifies the formatting. In particular the spacing around operators
> are fixed (to often inappropriate values) You can override with
> attributes in the document markup but that is not really what I want
> to see.
> 
> Of course MathML also has hooks for giving semantic-only information
> without explicit presentational style at all. In particular it
> mentions OpenMath at several points as a suitable language. Which is
> the project that I am currently working on.

I don't believe that a single semantic DTD for math can survive,
because mathematicians (as you know) are always inventing new symbols.
Presentational DTDs are oxymoronic.  So here's another idea I came up
with on my own time.  It's informal and three-quarters baked, but it
might be of interest:
<URL:http://www.oreilly.com/people/staff/crism/math/>.

-Chris
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