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Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Nupedia
From: |
Jimmy Wales |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Nupedia |
Date: |
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:47:08 -0600 |
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Thomas E. Vaughan wrote:
> (1) software to translate from LaTeX to the XML, so that an author can
> write mathematical content in LaTeX, and
>
> (2) software to translate from the XML to LaTeX, so that
>
> (a) a high-quality printed version is obtainable, even for math
> content, and
>
> (b) a PDF version of the article is available on-line for high-quality
> browsing of math content, even in the absence of MathML-enable
> browsers.
Yes, both of those would be beautiful things!
What we currently have planned for math content in pre-MathML browsers is to
convert the equations to jpeg -- this is what Britannica does.
And yes, that sucks as a solution. :-)
> > Additionally, XML lets us do (in the distant future) some really
> > interesting and clever things with a search engine. "Give me a list
> > of all the Presidents of the United States born before 1914." This
> > is possible if all the of President biographies are marked up with
> > an appropriate amount of XML. Coool!
>
> Actually, this would be possible even if only article metadata were marked
> up in an appropriate XML.
Good point, yes.
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