Dear James, dear all, I think we are quite in consensus here that we need two elements for describing a symbol, and there have been a number of element name suggestions floating around. We are currently using <Description> and <discussion> purely for legacy reasons.
@James, are you making the suggestion that we should use <overview> and <detail> as element names, or just to clarify the issue. We should decide on element names in the near future, so that we can make the switch (if necessary). Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It appears (see message below) that MathML would like to include the > <description> elements from the relevant CDs in the MathML standard > (reasonable goal in principle), but wish these to be "targeted at the K-14 > literate readers " (reasonable, but hard to formalise). > > However, we probably (definitely in my view) need more than this, such as > precise definitions of branch cuts and MANY other things. Hence I would > liek to repeat here the call I have made for a split. I personally still > prefer > > <overview> > The arctan function is the inverse of the tan function > </overview> > <detail> > As defined in A+S and ISO/IEC10967. The specification (and therefore > branch cuts) in terms of log are given in the CMPs/FMPs > </detail> > > but if MathML insist that it be the <Description> element that appears in > the MathML standard, when we could change overview into Description. > > > Michael wrote -- > >> What to edit? >> >> Every <CDDefinition> element has a <Description> element. This is the >> most likely candidate for inclusion into Chapter 4, so it deserves our >> attention most. This is also the field that is targeted at the K-14 >> literate readers as discussed extensively on the list. >> >> > > > James Davenport > Hebron & Medlock Professor of Information Technology > Formerly RAE Coordinator and Undergraduate Director of Studies, CS Dept > Currently (thankfully briefly) Acting Head, CS Dept > Lecturer on CM30070, 30078, 50209, 50123 > Chairman, Powerful Computing WP, University of Bath > OpenMath Content Dictionary Editor > IMU Committee on Electronic Information and Communication > > _______________________________________________ > Om3 mailing list > [email protected] > http://openmath.org/mailman/listinfo/om3 > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Michael Kohlhase, Office: Research 1, Room 62 Professor of Computer Science Campus Ring 12, School of Engineering & Science D-28759 Bremen, Germany Jacobs University Bremen* tel/fax: +49 421 200-3140/-493140 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kwarc.info/kohlhase skype: m.kohlhase * International University Bremen until Feb. 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Om3 mailing list [email protected] http://openmath.org/mailman/listinfo/om3
