[MathML3-last-call] clarification of inline math

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[MathML3-last-call] clarification of inline math

by Bruce Miller :: Rate this Message:

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In MathML 2, the discussion of the display attribute
on the math element was inwardly directed, addressing
primarily how displaystyle and scriptlevel were affected;
it did not explicitly address how the math element
should be treated when embedded in another document,
such as (x)html.  In MathML 3, this is only slightly
clearer.

I propose the following clarification, from
Michael Kohlhase, be added:
   'Inline math elements should be treated exactly as if
    they were a sequence of words in normal text.
    In particular, this applies to spacing and
    linebreaking: for instance, there should not be
    spaces or line breaks be between inline-math
    and an immediately following punctuation mark.'

bruce


Re: [MathML3-last-call] clarification of inline math

by Bruce Miller :: Rate this Message:

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Bruce Miller wrote:

> In MathML 2, the discussion of the display attribute
> on the math element was inwardly directed, addressing
> primarily how displaystyle and scriptlevel were affected;
> it did not explicitly address how the math element
> should be treated when embedded in another document,
> such as (x)html.  In MathML 3, this is only slightly
> clearer.
>
> I propose the following clarification, from
> Michael Kohlhase, be added:
>    'Inline math elements should be treated exactly as if
>     they were a sequence of words in normal text.
>     In particular, this applies to spacing and
>     linebreaking: for instance, there should not be
>     spaces or line breaks be between inline-math
>     and an immediately following punctuation mark.'
>
> bruce
>

Seemingly uncontroversial; I've adapted the above to
the discussion of math's display attribute.

Checking in spec/xml/fundamentals.xml;
/w3ccvs/WWW/Math/Group/spec/xml/fundamentals.xml,v  <--  fundamentals.xml
new revision: 1.125; previous revision: 1.124

bruce