Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([213.139.130.197]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:57:59 +0100 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nA3EvwEr002042 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:57:59 +0100 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.94]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id nA3EqxaY017800 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:52:59 +0100 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id nA3CeLor028443; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:52:49 +0100 Received: by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 15.5) with spool id 372110 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:52:48 +0100 Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (relay2.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.210.211]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id nA3EqmFN021956 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:52:48 +0100 Received: from pluto.open.ac.uk (pluto.open.ac.uk [137.108.145.32]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nA3EqWoc016568 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:52:36 +0100 Received: from mulberry.open.ac.uk ([137.108.170.73]) by pluto.open.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N5KkK-0000nn-Ik for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:52:32 +0000 Received: from KIELDERCMS1.open.ac.uk ([137.108.140.186]) by mulberry.open.ac.uk ([137.108.170.73]) with mapi; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:52:32 +0000 Thread-Topic: Math on the web: please join the discussion on Terry Tao's blog Thread-Index: AcpclUW9R8cp9mHTRfik22GEW05rXg== Accept-Language: en-US, en-GB Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US, en-GB Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de id nA3EqmFN021957 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:52:32 +0000 Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project From: "J.Fine" Subject: Math on the web: please join the discussion on Terry Tao's blog To: LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-ProteoSys-SPAM-Score: -6.599 () BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.65 on 213.139.130.197 Return-Path: owner-latex-l@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Nov 2009 14:57:59.0938 (UTC) FILETIME=[0900D620:01CA5C96] Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 6122 Hi I very much hope that some members of the LaTeX3 team will contribute to the discussion now taking place at http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/displaying-mathematics-on-the-web/ Here's an extract: --- It's possible that one could get by just by making an effort to make the web math input format as close to LaTeX as possible, as you say, though once one gets to more sophisticated LaTeX elements (e.g. tables and figures, bibliography, labels, etc.), or when trying to publish something too large to fit on a single web page (e.g. a full paper or book), I wonder if one can actually display such elements properly without either a full LaTeX->web conversion tool, or else a whole new language one would have to learn in addition to LaTeX. Of these two options, I think most people would prefer the former, if they had a choice. --- -- Jonathan The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).