Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Nupedia

[Jimmy Wales]

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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