16 Facts About MathML

MathML 1 was released as a W3C recommendation in April 1998 as the first XML language to be recommended by the W3C.

MathML was originally designed before the finalization of XML namespaces.

When MathML is used in HTML this namespace is automatically inferred by the HTML parser and need not be specified in the document.

Version 3 of the MathML specification was released as a W3C recommendation on 20 October 2010.

In June 2006 the W3C rechartered the MathML Working Group to produce a MathML 3 Recommendation until February 2008 and in November 2008 extended the charter to April 2010.

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Presentation MathML focuses on the display of an equation, and has about 30 elements.

The elements' names all begin with m A Presentation MathML expression is built up out of tokens that are combined using higher-level elements, which control their layout.

Full specification of MathML entities is closely coordinated with the corresponding specifications for use with HTML and XML in general.

Content MathML focuses on the semantics, or meaning, of the expression rather than its layout.

Content MathML is nearly isomorphic to expressions in a functional language such as Scheme.

MathML is not intended to be written or edited directly by humans.

MathML, being XML, can be embedded inside other XML files such as XHTML files using XML namespaces.

Inline MathML is supported in HTML5 files in the current versions of WebKit, Gecko.

Google removed support of MathML claiming architectural security issues and low usage do not justify their engineering time.

Also based on WebKit, the JavaFX embedded web browser supports MathML starting with JavaFX 8 Update 192 and JavaFX 11 versions.

In 2015 the MathML Association was founded to support the adoption of the MathML standard.