DITA is a technical documentation format (like DocBook or LaTeX) written as an XML grammar.
It lacks any "official" support for mathematics. I started a page here (http://dita.xml.org/wiki/math-domain-requirements) to hash out the requirements of a math "domain" for DITA. I've tried to avoid duplicating any functionality in MathML or OpenMath while adding a layer which would be useful to me (associating math expressions, which could be presentation MathML, with symbol definitions such that document processors keep the two together.) Any interested parties, please comment on this effort or edit the above wiki page to correct my ignorance. I have a use-case document attached to the page: http://dita.xml.org/wiki/workspace-to-develop-a-math-domain-for-dita . This document should give an idea of the kinds of utility I want the math "domain" to have. I may be doing something similar for OpenDocument soon. They just put out a call for requirements for ODF-Next. I'd love to be able to manage a platform-neutral formula library from within an office suite: cut an equation out of a journal article and have it work in a spreadsheet without retyping it... In both cases (ODF and DITA) I acknowledge the fact that I am less than an expert when it comes to MathML and OpenMath, and I am certainly not well versed in what is coming down the pike ala version 3. Please, if you notice me doing something clumsy and inept, make it elegant. ;) Thanks, Bryce _______________________________________________ Om mailing list [email protected] http://openmath.org/mailman/listinfo/om
