MathML and SVG

~1990 HTML

A dozen tags, some of which are defunct
Largely: headings, paragraphs, lists

... but what about...

1993: HTML+

~80

Math, and Graphics

What do you need in order to share research?

HTML+ examples..

XML era...

Math and Graphics

HTML 5

HTML 5:
These ones are special.

Math and Graphics

(MathML/SVG appear hundreds of times in html.spec.whatwg.org)

Unique Challenges

  • Co-evolutionary solutions
  • Under-specification by today's standards
  • Another era of standards: "Contains much that is appocraphal or at least greatly exagerated."
  • "Separate" and under-invested in resolving.

Let's make these things less special...

 

One Web.

SVG has a head-start here and another interesting challenge/opportunity


Nikolas will tell you about that - 

first, briefly... MathML

  • Happening in a very active CG
  • Recent TAG review
  • Upstreaming in Chromium
  • Currently working on WG charter

 

Informed by implementations, modern alignment - like SVG

Some good resolutions already in WebKit...

Currently 2323 Tests!

  • Safari ~68%
  • Firefox ~73%
  • Chrome ~44%
  • Igalia's  ~95%

We'd like to find ways to work better on some of the challenges that remain, even pre-WG because relaying significant gaps in context is especially inefficient.


Invalid markup
or 

[href] / default tabindex



Practical success, looking forward.



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By Brian Kardell