Equations translation

Question

Equations translation - to be or not to be?

For example, ODF used MathML for equations, MS use it `s own format (OMML). Since both MS Word 2007 and Open Office able to create and edit equations - so it`s good idea to remain equations editable in every respected product?

Is not it?

Answer 1

Hi Elementizer:
I have alerted protocol documentation team about your question on equation translation. A team member will be in touch with you shortly.

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Regards, Obaid Farooqi

Answer 2

 

Greetings.  Thank you for your comments. I wanted to provide some insight into MathML versus OMML. MathML is actually very good however it did not provide enough flexibility to provide the full range of Office functionality. As one example Word allows users to embed arbitrary span-level material in math zones but MathML is geared to only allow math in math zones. For more information you may want to review the following page: http://blogs.msdn.com/murrays/archive/2006/10/07/MathML-and-Ecma-Math-_2800_OMML_2900_-.aspx. You may also want to check out this page: http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2006/08/16/700494.aspx. On that page you will find links to 2 XSLT’s that can be used to convert between MathML and OMML.

I also wanted to point out 2 more links: OMML math paragraph and OMML default document math properties. These concepts have no formal representation in MathML, but they are important for representing Word 2007 technical documents faithfully.

Steve Smegner
Application Development Consulting Group