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XSL-FO MathML

This document discusses using XSL Formatter software to render MathML equations within XML documents formatted with XSL-FO. It explains that MathML option for XSL Formatter V3.2 will allow high quality rendering of mathematical expressions embedded in XML files. The software treats MathML as a vector image and supports inline and block-level display of equations.

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XSL-FO MathML

This document discusses using XSL Formatter software to render MathML equations within XML documents formatted with XSL-FO. It explains that MathML option for XSL Formatter V3.2 will allow high quality rendering of mathematical expressions embedded in XML files. The software treats MathML as a vector image and supports inline and block-level display of equations.

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XSL-FO + MathML

Render MathML to Display, PDF, SVG

September 18

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XSL-FO
Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
Version 1.0
W3C Recommendation 15 October 2001
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xsl-20011015/
Version 1 was developed by W3C from 1998 to 2001

The objective of XSL is to specify a layout


of XML documents on paged media.
56 formatting objects
including 248 properties
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MathML
MathML is the XML-based language for
mathematics
In 1997, the W3C's Math Working Group
finished the MathML 1.0 Specification
(superceded in 2001 by MathML 2.0 )

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XSL Formatter
XSL Formatter is a software program,
developed by Antenna House, to format
XSL-FO.
One of the first commercial XSL-FO implementations.
Released in 2001
Has been enhanced continuously.
Input data: XML/XSL-FO + Raster/Vector Graphics, SVG
Output data: PDF, Windows printer, Windows GUI,
SVG (under development, the function is not available with V3.2)
Operating System
Windows2000/2003,XP, Linux, Solaris
AIX, Mac OS X (from V3.2 or later)
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MathML option for XSL
Formatter V3.2
Developed by Antenna House
Renders MathML markup instance that is
embedded within XSL-FO
It will be released as an optional function
for XSL Formatter V3.2 and/or later.
Evaluation version is available from here:
http://www.antennahouse.com

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What will MathML option do?
High quality rendering of XML for STM
(Scientific, Technical, Medical) publishing
using XSL-FO + MathML
XSL-FO + MathML will replace TeX in the
future
TeX is popular, but it is not XML

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MathML both for Web and PDF
XML to XHTML
XML + MathML XHTML + MathML
XML to PDF
XML + MathML XSL-FO + MathML

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MathML within XSL-FO
How to specify MathML expression within
XSL formatting object
MathML is treated as a vector Image
XSL-FO V1.0 specification only permits to
embed foreign object via
fo:instream-foreign-object
and
fo:external-graphic.

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fo:instream-foreign-object
DTD declaration is necessary to use entity reference in MathML.
In case DTD is necessary:
<fo:instream-foreign-object>
<![CDATA[<!DOCTYPE math PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD MathML 2.0//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/Math/DTD/mathml2/mathml2.dtd">
<math xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML>
... MathML including entity reference...
</math>
]]>
</fo:instream-foreign-object>

In case without DTD:


<fo:instream-foreign-object>
<math xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML>
... MathML without entity reference...
</math>
</fo:instream-foreign-object>

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fo:external-graphic
Specify URL of MathML file as the value of src property
of fo:external-graphic object
<fo:external-graphic
src="url('MathML/rec-rambda2l.mml')"
content-type="application/mathml+xml ... />

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Inline and Block
Inline object: object is treated like a character

Block object: enclose fo:instream-foreign-object within


fo:block
Example
Inline

...

Block

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Interface
MathML Renderer inherits following
information from its environment:
font-size
font-family
font-weight
font-style
length of a 1px
XSL-FO processor gets following
information from MathML renderer:
position of base-line

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MathML Support Level
Conformance to MathML 2.0 Specification
W3C MathML Test Suite result
V3.2 Beta version

Please refer to information on CD

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Example
XSL-FO + MathML

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Windows GUI

XSL Formatter
GUI

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PDF

Adobe Acrobat

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SVG
IE6 +
Adobe
SVG Viewer

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Compatibility Issue
Many tools are expected to be used
throughout the world.
MathML instances are generated by various tools,
such as equation editors and/or converters.
Compatibility between generator and
renderer of MathML is very important
Correct MathML generation by various tools is a
presupposition of automatic MathML rendering.

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Contact Information
Antenna House, Inc.
(Corporate Headquarters)
Kojimachi Shuei Bldg., 4-3-13, Kudan-Minami, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0074 Japan
International: [email protected]
Phone: +81-3-3234-9631
Fax: +81-3-3221-9975
Tokushige Kobayashi <[email protected]>

Antenna House
(North American and European Sales)
7272 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 300 Bethesda,
Maryland 20814 USA
Phone: +1 301-941-1925
Fax: +1 202-318-0323

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