[coyotos-dev] OSDoc issue

[Marcus Brinkmann]

At Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:36:23 -0400,
"Jonathan S. Shapiro" <shap at eros-os.com> wrote:
> >>From limited experiments, it appears to me that ELinks does something
> rational when it is presented with MIME=application/xml or
> MIME=application/xhtml+xml, at least with respect to the HTML portion of
> the XHTML content -- even when it is pointed at XHTML pages containing
> MathML content. This doesn't help get the MathML rendered for users of
> elinks, but it at least means that any page which is currently a pure
> HTML page will still be readable if it is converted to XHTML.
> 
> Does this seem reasonable to you?

I consulted with Annika.  You should probably just ignore the issue.
The problem is that not only is MathML not very well suited to be read
by visually impaired people, the same is true for other linearization
methods as well, at least in general.  The issue is still pretty much
unresolved.  Next time you watch a mathematical talk, close your eyes
and try to figure out the equations displayed/read aloud...

I suppose that for Coyotos, the actual mathematics required in the
documentation is minimal.  Maybe you can just provide textual
descriptions in addition to any formula.

For the general problem, a gentle introduction seems to be
http://www.snv.jussieu.fr/inova/villette2002/act5b.htm

Thanks,
Marcus