On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:18:32 +0200, Taco Hoekwater
Hi nico/Hans,
Hans Hagen wrote:
<mo> ¯ </mo>
The MathML spec specifically suggests the use of ‾ instead of a literal accent character in situations like this.
The problem is that it is also specified to which unicode character is mapped the entity (http://www.w3.org/TR/MathML2/isodia.html). Actually ‾ is U00AF. So, the behaviour should not be different when using an entity name and the corresponding unicode value. Imagine some XML tool processing an original XML mathml code containing an entity name, and simply expanding the entity according the MathML DTD. I think that processing the original and the expanded code should give the same result. Of course, using entity names instead of unicode values is better for readibility and maintanability, but IMHO it is not a solution to the question. Regards, BG