+1 I think that sounds like a great idea!

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Desruisseaux <[email protected]>
Organization: Geomatys
Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2013 1:35 AM
To: Apache SIS <[email protected]>
Subject: MathML in javadoc, would it be okay?

>Hello all
>
>When we need to express a mathematical formula, we were used to insert a
>PNG image. However this is tedious to create and non-editable. Yesterday
>I wanted to rename variables in a formula from legacy OGC names to the
>current EPSG names, and was faced to the non-editable nature of PNG. So
>I tried MathML as an alternative. Can some volunteers confirm if they
>see the matrix formula on the right side of the table in the following
>class javadoc? It should work natively (no plugin needed) on Firefox,
>Opera and Safari, but Internet Explorer may need a plugin [1].
>
>https://builds.apache.org/job/sis-jdk7/site/apidocs/org/apache/sis/referen
>cing/datum/BursaWolfParameters.html
>
>If it works, would it be acceptable to adopt MathML as a way to express
>formulas in SIS javadoc instead of PNG images, at the cost of requiring
>developers using IE to install a plugin or ignore the mathematical
>formulas? (hopefully it would be temporary, until IE catchup with other
>browsers).
>
>     Martin
>
>
>[1] http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/download.htm
>


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