Re: [docbook] Mathml and xslt

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Well, the first paragraph states clearly:

"The DocBook XSL stylesheets cannot format MathML content, but it will pass 
the markup through so that a downstream processor can format it.  For XSL-FO 
output, the Antenna House XSL Formatter with the optional MathML module can 
handle MathML markup."

Including MathML in a document and processing it with the DocBook XSL 
stylesheets is not sufficient.  There needs to be a step in the toolchain 
that can format the MathML markup.  Converting to an image is a preprocessor 
method, and using Antenna House's XSL Formatter with the optional MathML 
module is a postprocessor method.  I wish it was easier.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mansour" <mansour77@yahoo.com>
To: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>
Cc: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook] Mathml and xslt


> Bob, thank you for replying.
> I don't think this will help. I can not convert the math to image and 
> include it. I have tried the code on the page you gave to me and put it in 
> this file:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
> 
> "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd";
> [
> <!ENTITY % MATHML.prefixed "INCLUDE">
> <!ENTITY % MATHML.prefix "mml">
> <!ENTITY % equation.content "(alt?, (graphic+|mediaobject+|mml:math))">
> <!ENTITY % inlineequation.content
>                "(alt?, (inlinegraphic+|inlinemediaobject+|mml:math))">
> <!ENTITY % mathml PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD MathML 2.0//EN"
>        "http://www.w3.org/Math/DTD/mathml2/mathml2.dtd";>
> %mathml;
> ]>
> <book>
> <chapter>
> <para> Testing MathML
> <equation>
> <title>My MathML example</title>
> <mml:math>
>  <mml:mrow>
>    <mml:mo>&sum;</mml:mo>
>    <mml:mn>4</mml:mn>
>    <mml:mo>+</mml:mo>
>    <mml:mi>x</mml:mi>
>  </mml:mrow>
> </mml:math>
> </equation>
> </para>
>
> </chapter>
>
> </book>
>
>
>
> Still the pdf I am getting has no math.
>
>
>
>
> Bob Stayton wrote:
>> If you are using DocBook XSL to produce your output, you might start with 
>> this section in my book about MathML:
>>
>> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/MathML.html
>>
>> Bob Stayton
>> Sagehill Enterprises
>> bobs@sagehill.net
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mansour" <mansour77@yahoo.com>
>> To: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 11:19 PM
>> Subject: [docbook] Mathml and xslt
>>
>>
>>> I am using xalan and I need to use mathml in my document. It modular 
>>> document that consist of few other chunks. I am not able to successfully 
>>> produce the pdf output. When I try I get the document but the equation 
>>> is not there.
>>> How can I get this equation to appear?
>>>
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