MathMl Presenting and Capturing Mathematics for the Web

Document Markup for Mathematics
• Problem: Mathematical Vernacular and mathematical formulae have more structure than can be expressed in a linear sequence of standard characters
• Definition (Document Markup)
Document markup is the process of adding codes to a document to identify the structure of a document or the format in which it is to appear

Document Markup Systems for Mathematics
• M$ Word/Equation Editor: WYSYWIG, proprietary formatter/reader
+ easy to use, well-integrated
– limited mathematics, expensive, vendor lock-in
• TEX/LATEX: powerful, open formatter (TEX), various readers (DVI/PS/PDF)
+ flexible, portable persistent source, high quality math
– inflexible representation after formatting step
• HtML+GIF: server-side formatting, pervasive browsers
+ flexible, powerful authoring systems LATEX/Mathematica/...
– limited accessibility, reusability

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